"We have seen when the earth had to be prepared for the habitation of man, a veil, as it were, of intermediate being was spread between him and its darkness, in which were joined in a subdued measure, the stability and insensibility of the earth, and the passion and perishing of mankind."

"The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don't mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do."

"There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price only are this man's lawful prey."

"I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility."

"Man's only true happiness is to live in hope of something to be won by him. Reverence something to be worshipped by him, and love something to be cherished by him, forever."

"Men were not intended to work with the accuracy of tools, to be precise and perfect in all their actions."

"The higher a man stands, the more the word vulgar becomes unintelligible to him."

"Conceit may puff a man up, but never prop him up"

"It is not, truly speaking, the labor that is divided; but the men: divided into mere segments of men --broken into small fragments and crumbs of life, so that all the little piece of intelligence that is left in a man is not enough to make a pin, or a nail, but exhausts itself in making the point of a pin or the head of a nail."

"Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills."

"Women in love are less ashamed than men. They have less to be ashamed of."

"There is no man living that can not do more than he thinks he can."

"The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability."

"One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his greatest surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't"

"Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving."

"One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do."

"If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability."

"You will find men who want to be carried on the shoulders of others, who think that the world owes them a living. They don't seem to see that we must all lift together and pull together."

"I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can't be done."

"The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed."

"One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his greatest surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't."

"It doesn't matter to me if a man is from Harvard or Sing Sing. We hire the man, not his history."

"You take all the experience and judgement of men over fifty out of the world and there wouldn't be enough left to run it."

"There is no man living who isn't capable of doing more than he thinks he can do."