💬 Quotes

"You can't sell a man who knows he's all-powerful."

"Water does not mix with blood, and even the best of men are but dust in the scales of empire."

"Good counsel is not to be despised, even though it comes from a madman."

"What is the great world, but a place where suspicion passes for knowledge, and a smile is often the cloak of malice?"

"Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals."

"Virtue is its own reward, and sometimes a heavy one; but it is the only one that lasts beyond the grave."

"Men's vows are women's traitors."

"Fortune is like the market, where many times if you can stay a little, the price will fall."

"I am sorry, my friend. But there are times when a man must choose between his ease and his integrity."

"Life is a stage, and it matters little what part one plays so long as one plays it with grace and courage."

"A great wrong does not right itself; it requires the weight of human resolve to tip the scales back toward justice."

"The heart has its own reasons, independent of logic or circumstance, and it holds fast to what it loves despite the world."

"In the quiet moments before the storm, a man discovers the true measure of his spirit."

"Freedom is not a gift bestowed by the powerful; it is a hard-won conquest of the human spirit."

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

"Select the kind of business suited to your talents... You must not suppose that all you have to do is to sit down and expect to make fortune."

"You cannot accumulate a fortune by taking the road that leads to destruction... clear the road of every impediment in your way."

"Whatever you do, do it with all your might. Work at it, if necessary, early and late, in season and out of season, not leaving a stone unturned."

"Read the newspapers... Keep posted as to what is going on in the world. The man who is out of the world is out of the business."

"Let hope predominate, but be thoroughly prepared for the worst contingencies."