“The world owes you nothing. It was here first.”

“Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.”

“Don't go around thinking the world owes you a living. It was here first.”

“Worrying is like paying a debt you don't owe.”

“Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.”

“There is nothing in the world like persuasive speech to fuddle the mental apparatus.”

“The Mississippi River towns are comely, clean, well built, and pleasing to the eye, and cheering to the spirit. The Mississippi Valley is as reposeful as a dreamland, nothing worldly about it . . . nothing to hang a fret or a worry upon.”