American businessmen excel in finding formulas, concise and precise, sometimes having all the tight eloquence of a maxim.
Here are some of the axioms uttered by Mr. Ch. Seymour Parker Gilbert, who replaces Mr. Owen Young as Agent-General of Payments:

"Difficulties depress the weak. But they galvanize the strong."

"The benefits we bestow must not make us forget those we receive."

"To attain success, there is only one road: the straightest."

"To seek success is the domain of common sense. To seek happiness is the domain of humor."

"To secure a good reputation, one must be exactly what one wishes to appear."

"We all have debts. If they are not money, they are moral obligations."