"The public is not capable of distinguishing between a genuine article and a spurious one."

"There is no royal road to anything. One thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast, withers as rapidly. That which grows slowly, endures."

"I don't believe in humbug; I believe in advertising."

"I am by nature a 'speculator.' I love to speculate."

"There is no such thing in the world as luck. There never was a man who could go out in the morning and find a purse full of gold in the street to-day, and another to-morrow, and so on, day after day: …"