William Mathews
William Mathews
antagonist half maxims proverbs single sold truth
All maxims have their antagonist maxims; proverbs should be sold in pairs, a single one being but a half truth
call orleans planned
We hadn't planned to come to New Orleans but when the call went out, we responded in force.
department proud
We are proud to be working with the Department of Corrections for our 20th year.
law focus firsts
The first law of success is concentration - to bed all the energies to one point, and to go directly to that point, looking neither to the right nor the left.
real men tests
What a man does is the real test of what a man is.
stars destiny men
So powerfully does fortune appear to sway the destinies of men, putting a silver spoon into one man's mouth, and a wooden one into another's, that some of the most sagacious of men, as Cardinal Mazarin and Rothschild, seem to have been inclined to regard luck as the first element of worldly success; experience, sagacity, energy, and enterprise as nothing, if linked to an unlucky star.