Jealousy... Is A Mental Cancer.

The Man Who Has Done His Level Best... Is A Success, Even Though The World May Write Him Down A Failure.

Cheerfulness Is Among The Most Laudable Virtues. It Gains You The Good Will And Friendship Of Others. It Blesses Those Who Practice It And Those Upon Whom It Is Bestowed.

A Young Financial Writer Once Brought Ridicule Upon Himself By Stating That A Certain Company Had Nothing To Commend It Except Excellent Earnings. Well, There Are Companies Whose Earnings Are Excellent But Whose Stocks I Would Never Recommend. In Selecting Investments, I Attach Prime Importance To The Men Behind Them. I'd Rather Buy Brains And Character Than Earnings. Earnings Can Be Good One Year And Poor The Next. But If You Put Your Money Into Securities Run By Men Combining Conspicuous Brains And Unimpeachable Character, The Likelihood Is That The Financial Results Will Prove Satisfactory.

It Can Be Set Down As A Broad, General Principle That We Cannot Indulge In Idleness And Abundance During Both The First And Second Half Of Our Life. Study, Application, Industry, Enthusiasm While We Are Young Usually Enable Us To Enjoy Life When We Grow Older. But Unless We Toil And Strive And Earn All We Can In The First Half, The Second Half Of Our Life Is Liable To Bring Disappointment, Discomfort, Distress. The Time To Put Forth Effort Is When We Are Most Able To Do It, Namely, In The Years Of Our Greatest Strength. The Law Of Compensation Hasn't Ceased To Function.

A Certain Ultra-dignified Gentleman Of Unusual Prominence Carried Himself So Stiffly That Nobody Felt Free To Call Him By His First Name. He Quarreled With A Friend Of Earlier Days And From Then On The Two Never Spoke. The Day The Friend Died An Associate Found The Ultra-dignified Gentleman Staring Through The Window. When He Came Out Of His Reverie, He Soliloquized With A Sigh, ""he Was The Last To Call Me John."" Is Any Man Really Entitled To Regard Himself A Success Who Has Failed To Inspire At Least A Goodly Number Of Fellow Mortals To Greet Him By His First Name?