“A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.”
“A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him or her.”
“A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man.”
“There can be no more laying of foundations, any more than there can be other incarnations or crucifixions of Christ or rebaptism.”
“Say what you will of fortitude, but show me the man who can patiently endure the laughter of fools when they have obtained an advantage over him. 'Tis only when their nonsense is without foundation that one can suffer it without complaint.”
“A concept is a brick. It can be used to build a courthouse of reason. Or it can be thrown through the window.”