Perspiration
No matter what one's aspirations may be, success will not come without perspiration. It is well this is so, otherwise success would not be appreciated. That which a man earns by perspiration he appreciates and knows how to enjoy.
If success were something that could be drawn by chance, like a prize, success would not be worth anything.
The measure of any valuable thing, or condition, or relationship is the amount of work, energy, trouble and sacrifice that has been expended to obtain it.
None is to be more pitied than the rich idle-born, who have every comfort around them. They do not know that perspiration must be added to aspiration before they get success.
Friends
How little the average business man understands this word "friends."
In everyday conversation we hear one man say to another "Mr. Blank is a friend of mine."
As a matter of fact the word acquaintance could be substituted in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred where the word friend is used.