"Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!"

"I entered the telegraph office as a boy and left it as a man."

"I believe that the best way to make friends is to be a friend."

"The greatest astonishment of my life was the discovery that the man who acts for the public good is rarely rewarded by the public."

"The wise man bridges the gap by laying out the path by means of which he can get from where he is to where he wants to go."