Therefore, I say to you, think well of your position, and instead of drawing idly upon your great advantage, add to it.

Successful men are often niggardly of advice, while the prattling tongue nearly always belongs to failure; therefore, when a successful man does advise, heed him.

I think that I should have succeeded in nearly any walk of life.

Sturdy New England stock, the hard necessity for thrift, and the practical common school fitted me to push my way to the front.

Don't think that I am boasting.
It is no more of vanity for one to say 'I have succeeded' than to say 'I will succeed.'" He paused a moment and stood near Henry's chair.
"You have the chance to become what I cannot be--one of the wealthiest men in this country." He sat down, and leaning back in his leather-covered chair, stretched forth his legs and crossed his slippered feet.