So powerfully does fortune appear to sway the destinies of men, putting a silver spoon into one man's mouth, and a wooden one into another's, that some of the most sagacious of men, as Cardinal Mazarin and Rothschild, seem to… — William Mathews Copy Share Image
No man ever sailed over exactly the same route that another sailed over before him; every man who starts on the ocean of life… — William Mathews Copy Share Image
[A]s if it were not the masterful will which subjugates the forces of nature to be the genii of the lamp... that forces a… — William Mathews Copy Share Image
All maxims have their antagonist maxims; proverbs should be sold in pairs, a single one being but a half truth — William Mathews Copy Share Image
Proverbs should be sold in pairs, a single one being but a half truth. — William Mathews Copy Share Image
As with the acquisition, so with the use of money; they way in which a man spends it is often one of the surest… — William Mathews Copy Share Image
The first law of success is concentration - to bed all the energies to one point, and to go directly to that point, looking… — William Mathews Copy Share Image
So powerfully does fortune appear to sway the destinies of men, putting a silver spoon into one man's mouth, and a wooden one into… — William Mathews Copy Share Image
It cannot be too often repeated that it is not helps, but obstacles, not facilities, but difficulties that make men. — William Mathews Copy Share Image
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