Money is in some respects like fire; it is a very excellent servant but a terrible master..

Your success depends on what you do yourself, with your own means.

The plan of "counting the chickens before they are hatched" is an error of ancient date, but it does not seem to improve by age..

In the United States, where we have more land than people, it is not at all difficult for persons in good health to make money..

True economy consists in always making the income exceed the out-go. Wear the old clothes a little longer if necessary; dispense with the new pair of….

A lovely nook of forest scenery, or a grand rock, like a beautiful woman, depends for much of its attractiveness upon the attendance sense of freedom….

The truth is, the more kind and liberal a man is, the more generous will be the patronage bestowed upon him..