Inherited success makes even a stupid seem smart, sane and sensible.

A fortune earned with merit lasts longer than a fortune earned by inheritance.

When the competent men of the system are compelled to quit, the system will soon quit itself.

Men with merit need to be rewarded, but men without merit need not be insulted.

True merit is like steel and not like cotton, it seems small from outside but weighs heavy inside.

Mediocrity naturally feels threatened in the presence of merit.