“The biggest fool in the world is he who merely does his work supremely well, without attending to appearance.”

“He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.”

“He is a fool who tries to withstand the stronger, for he does not get the mastery and suffers pain besides his shame.”

“If a man does not work passionately - even furiously - at being the best in the world at what he does, he fails his talent, his destiny, and his God.”

“Each of us literally chooses, by his way of attending to things, what sort of universe he shall appear to himself to inhabit.”

“The world does so well without me, that I am moved to wish that I could do equally well without the world.”

“The world is full of intelligent, well-meaning people who, for one reason or another, did not attend university but are nonetheless well-read and educated.”

“The first great work that men are to attend in this world is the eternal safety and security of their souls; the next great work is to know, to be assured, that it shall go well with their souls forever.”

“A professional is one who does his best work when he feels the least like working.”

“He that works and does some Poem, not he that merely says one, is worthy of the name of Poet.”