Although originally classified as one of Shakespeare's comedies, All's Well That Ends Well is now more commonly classified as one of his ambiguous problem plays, so called because they defy neat classification as either comedy or tragedy.

As You Like It is truly one of Shakespeare's greatest romantic comedies.

Love's Labour's Lost is one of William Shakespeare's early comedies, believed to have been written in the mid-1590s, and first published in 1598.

One of the most famous non-fiction American books, Walden by Henry David Thoreau is the history of Thoreau's visit to Ralph Waldo Emerson's woodland retreat near Walden Pond.

What Do You Want Most? Is It Money, Fame, Power, Contentment, Personality, Peace of Mind, Happiness?

As a working unit you are a kind of one-man business corporation made up of two departments, the mental and the physical.

It is a strange and almost amusing fact that there should be at the same time, on the part of the general public, such a general acceptance of the existence of personal magnetism.

Those who really desire to attain an independence, have only to set their minds upon it, and adopt the proper means.

In commencing a course of lectures on Mental Science, it is somewhat difficult for the lecturer to fix upon the best method of opening the subject.

The chief glory of America is, that it is the country in which genius and industry find their speediest and surest reward.

Are you an unusually persevering and persistent person? Or, like most of us, do you sometimes find it difficult to stick to the job until it is done?

We all know that in order to accomplish a certain thing we must concentrate. It is of the utmost value to learn how to concentrate.

I looked around upon the world, and saw that it was shadowed by sorrow and scorched by the fierce fires of suffering. And I looked for the cause.

A successful man is always asked - What is the secret of your success? People never ask a man who is a failure, What is the secret of your failure?

In this little work we have endeavored to call your attention to something of far greater importance than a mere code of rules and general advice.

The contents of this volume originally appeared as weekly articles by Lord Beaverbrook (William Maxwell Aitken) in the Sunday Express.

Most people consider life a battle - but it is not a battle, it is a game.

The education of the will is the object of our existence, says Emerson.

UNCONSCIOUSLY we are forming habits every moment of our lives. Some are habits of a desirable nature; some are those of a most undesirable nature.

It is perfectly logical to assume that a wise and competent Creator would provide for the needs of His creatures in their various stages of growth.