“Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue.”

“If you train hard, you'll not only be hard, you'll be hard to beat.”

“SUCCESS is being able to come home, lay your head on the pillow and SLEEP in PEACE.”

“By reflecting a little on this subject I am almost convinced that those numberless small Circuses we see on the moon are the works of the Lunarians and may be called their Towns.”

“Let's not push it under the rug, or push it to the sidebecause, no matter what, it's going to keep coming up. Youknow, if you never deal with that dirt up under the carpet,it's going to get larger and larger, and it's going to keepcoming up.”

“self respect. self reliance. self control.”

“...If I ever got sloppy and maudlin, it would be for the streets of my childhood—but no self- respecting writer should ever eulogize a slum...”