“A man thirty years old, I said to myself, should have his field of life all ploughed, and his planting well done; for after that it is summer time
“I have frequently been questioned, especially by women, of how I could reconcile family life with a scientific career. Well, it has not been easy
“If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with success unexpected in common hours
“If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success
“The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people
“Business is never so healthy as when, like a chicken, it must do a certain amount of scratching around for what it gets
“Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality
“No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution