If you don't say anything, you won't be called on to repeat it.

The best help that benevolence and philanthropy can give is that which induces everybody to help himself.

Work is not a curse; it is the prerogative of intelligence, the only means to manhood, and the measure of civilization.

A government which requires of the people the contribution of the bulk of their substance and rewards cannot be classed as a free government.

Education should be the handmaid of citizenship.

Everyone has an influence on public affairs if he will take the trouble to exert it.

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.