"Where two discourse, if the one's anger rise, The man who lets the contest fall is wise"

"When a man's stomach is full it makes no difference whether he is rich or poor."

"Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page. Take up one hole more in the buckle if necessary, or let down one, according to circumstances; but on the first of January let every man gird himself once more, with his face to the front, and take no interest in the things that were and are past."

"Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality."

"A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself."

"No man is such a conqueror, as the one that has defeated himself."

"Interest works night and day in fair weather and in foul. It gnaws at a man's substance with invisible teeth."

"Clothes and manners do not make the man; but when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance"

"Never forget what a man says to you when he is angry."

"A man that does not know how to be angry does not know how to be good"

"To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice."

"Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars."

"The man of earth is the adherent. The lover giveth his life unto the work among men. The hermit goeth solitary, and giveth only of his light unto men."

"The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing."

"A man growing old becomes a child again."

"It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm."

"Man is not constituted to take pleasure in the same things always."

"All a man's affairs become diseased when he wishes to cure evils by evils."

"A state is not a state if it belongs to one man."

"Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near."

"Even a poor man can receive honors."

"You should not consider a man's age but his acts."

"Any man who wants to be president is either an egomaniac or crazy."

"I would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have persuaded him, he will stick. If I scare him, he will stay just as long as he is scared, and then he is gone."