Cheerfulness is an offshoot of goodness and of wisdom.

Formerly when great fortunes were only made in war, war was a business; but now, when great fortunes are only made by business, business is war.

The light in the world comes principally from two sources,-the sun, and the student's lamp.

Tis but a short journey across the isthmus of Now.

Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared, and with it none despised.

The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity and execute with vigor.

Some one called Sir Richard Steele the "vilest of mankind," and he retorted with proud humility, "It would be a glorious world if I were.