Better to be occasionally cheated than perpetually suspicious.

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To make headway, improve your head.

To make headway, improve your head.

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed....

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed....

Many a man thinks he is patient when, in reality, he is indifferent.

Many a man thinks he is patient when, in reality, he is indifferent.

Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert

Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert

He best keeps from anger who remembers that God is always looking upon him.

He best keeps from anger who remembers that God is always looking upon him.

A business like an automobile, has to be driven, in order to get results.

A business like an automobile, has to be driven, in order to get results.

Judgment can be acquired only by acute observation, by actual experience in the school of...

Judgment can be acquired only by acute observation, by actual experience in the school of...

Turn resolutely to work, to recreation, or in any case to physical exercise till you...

Turn resolutely to work, to recreation, or in any case to physical exercise till you...

If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business.

If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business.

Jealousy... is a mental cancer.

Jealousy... is a mental cancer.

The truth doesn't hurt unless it ought to.

The truth doesn't hurt unless it ought to.

Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can't expect an angel...

Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can't expect an angel...

A shady business never yields a sunny life

A shady business never yields a sunny life

The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy...

The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy...

Golf without bunkers and hazards would be tame and monotonous. So would life.

Golf without bunkers and hazards would be tame and monotonous. So would life.

The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be...

The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be...

Justice must be blind to the hardness or softness of a man's hands, as well...

Justice must be blind to the hardness or softness of a man's hands, as well...

Charity isn't a good substitute for justice

Charity isn't a good substitute for justice

That trial is not fair where affection is judge

That trial is not fair where affection is judge

The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the...

The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the...