"A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day."

"People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence. A contemptuous indifference turns into an enemy a woman who, well treated, might have been an angel."

"Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form."

"Business is a combination of war and sport."

"Sometimes I wonder if I'm a character being written, or if I'm writing myself."

"A visionary sees the unseen and knows character is forged in the fires of discipline."

"It is not true that suffering ennobles the character happiness does that sometimes, but suffering for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive."

"It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment."