“As a rule, he or she who has the most information will have the greatest success in life.”

“The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.”

“It has been my lot to have found myself in many distant lands. I have never been in one without finding a Scotchman, and I never found a Scotchman who was not head of the poll.”

“Success is the child of audacity.”

“The secret to success is constancy of purpose.”

“The European talks of progress because by the aid of a few scientific discoveries he has established a society which has mistaken comfort for civilisation.”

“The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but to reveal to him his own.”