He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest obstacles.

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestioning ability of man to evaluate his life by a conscious endeavor

It is all one to me if a man comes from Sing Sing or Harvard. We hire a man, not his history.

The question "Who ought to be boss?" is like as "Who ought to be the tenor in the quartet?" Obviously, the man who can sing tenor.