Authority is powerful — You can't fight City Hall

Authority is everything — eloquence is not what the speaker says but who he is that gives weight to eloquence.

Authority is anathema to freedom — Where there is authority, there is no freedom.

Authority is everything — people accept an idea more readily if you say Benjamin Franklin said it first.

Confidence is important in asking — He that asks faintly begs for denial.

Confidence is important — Assurance is two-thirds success.

Confidence is everything — "They are able because they think they are able"

Confidence is important to success — If your hoss knew how puny you were, he'd stomp you to death.

Debt is about the only thing you can acquire without money.

Debt is terrible — a man in debt is caught in a net

Debt is worse than poverty — he that gets out of debt, grows rich.

Debt is not advisable. A debtor must often lie.

Education is a chest of tools.

Education is atmosphere, nothing more.

Education is the making of men.

Education is soul crafting.