» Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement.
» The trade of advertising is now so near perfection that it is not easy to propose any improvement. But as every art ought to be exercised in due subordination to the public good, I cannot but propose it as a moral question to these masters of the public ear, whether they do not sometimes play too wantonly with our passions.
» Do not accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience. You will find it a calamity.
» I decided once and for all that I was going to make it or die.
» I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it.
» Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing.
» Courage is a quality so necessary for maintaining virtue, that it is always respected, even when it is associated with vice.
» He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own passions.
» I am sorry I have not learnt to play at cards. It is very useful in life: it generates kindness, and consolidates society.
» What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.