The leading characteristic of the savage state is its refusal or avoidance of industry.

[St. Patrick] was a terror to any snake that came in his path, whether it was the cold, slimy reptile sliding along the ground or the more dangerous snake that oppresses men through false teachings. And he drove the snakes out of the minds of men, snakes of superstition and brutality and cruelty.

Opportunity comes like a snail, and once it has passed you it changes into a fleet rabbit and is gone.

Get away from the crowd when you can. Keep yourself to yourself, if only for a few hours daily.

Use a picture. It's worth a thousand words.

That Edison or Lincoln could have been Edison or Lincoln after four years of Harvard is improbable.

The leading characteristic of the savage state is its refusal or avoidance of industry.