Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket.
The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell.
All honor's wounds are self-inflicted.
There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else.
Every act you have ever performed since the day you were born was performed because you wanted something.
People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.
