Every minute that you save by making it useful, more profitable, is so much added to your life and its possibilities. Every minute lost is a neglected by-product – once gone, you will never get it back.

If you don’t hit a newspaper reader between the eyes with your first sentence, there is no need of writing a second one.

Among the aimless, unsuccessful or worthless, you often hear talk about ‘killing time.’ The man who is always killing time is really killing his own chances in life. While the man who is destined to success is the man who makes time live by making it useful.

The fence around a cemetery is foolish, for those inside can’t come out and those outside don’t want to get in.

Use a picture. It’s worth a thousand words.

The fence around a cemetery is foolish, for those inside can't get out and those outside don't want to get in.

Whatever good there is in small boys is usually based upon their admiration for girls of their own age

A good friend can tell you what is the matter with you in a minute. He may not seem such a good friend after telling.

Opportunity comes like a snail, and once it has passed you it changes into a fleet rabbit and is gone.

Get away from the crowd when you can. Keep yourself to yourself, if only for a few hours daily.