The best kind of charity is to help those who are willing to help themselves. - P. T. Barnum

But however mysterious is nature, however ignorant the doctor, however imperfect the present state of physical science, the patronage and the success of quacks and quackeries are infinitely more wonderful than those of honest and laborious men of science and their careful experiments.

In fact, as a general thing, money-getters are the benefactors of our race.

"Remember the proverb of Solomon: "He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.