“Forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.”

“The more you think of harmony, of health, of success, of happiness, of things that are desirable, of things that are beautiful, of things that have true worth, the more the mind will tend to build all those things in yourself, provided, of course, that all such thinking is subjective.”

“The real feeling of youth comes when we actually think in the consciousness of youth and give the realization of the now to every thought.”

“When the mind becomes so completely absorbed in perfect health that all sickness is forgotten, all the powers of mind will proceed to create health, and every trace of sickness will soon disappear. When the mind becomes so completely absorbed in higher attainments and in greater achievements that all thought of failure is forgotten, all the forces of mind will begin to work for the promotion of those attainments and achievements. The person will be gaining ground every day, and greater success will positively follow.”

“PROMISE YOURSELF To make all your friends feel that there is something in them.”

“This liberty is all that I request.”

“...and then, in dreaming, / The clouds methought would open and show riches / Ready to drop upon me, that when I waked / I cried to dream again.”

“Now, by the world, it is a lusty wench; I love her ten times more than e'er I did: O, how I long to have some chat with her!”

“Virtue and genuine graces in themselves speak what no words can utter.”

“Then others for breath of words respect, Me for my dumb thoughts, speaking in effect.”

“Nature her custom holds, Let shame say what it will.”

“Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?”

“I have seen roses damask'd, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks.”

“O, my lord, You said that idle weeds are fast in growth: The prince my brother hath outgrown me far.”

“Our expenses are all for conformity.”

“But it is a cold, lifeless business when you go to the shops to buy something, which does not represent your life and talent, but a goldsmith's.”

“American invents everything, but the trouble is we get tired of it the minute the new is wore off.”

“The soul of this man is his clothes.”

“We will have rings and things and fine array”

“Nothing comes amiss, so money comes withal.”

“Let me be ignorant, and in nothing good, but graciously to know I am no better.”

“Greatness knows itself.”

“Is it possible he should know what he is, and be that he is?”