Would you make men better - set them an example. The millenium will never come until governments cease from governing, and the meddler is at rest.

The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without his teacher.

I have noticed that youngsters given to the climbing habit usually do something when they grow up

Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.

Success is the most natural thing in the world. The person who does not succeed has placed himself in opposition to the laws of the Universe.

In the Life of Darwin by his son, there is related an incident of how the great naturalist once studied long as to just what a certain spore was. Finally he said, "It is this, for if it isn't, then what is it?" And all during his life he was never able to forget that he had been guilty of this unscientific attitude, for science is founded on certitude, not assumption.

It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.