No labor is hard, no time is long, wherein the glory of eternity is the mark we level at.

Meditation is the life of the soul: Action, the soul of meditation; and honor the reward of action.

The average person's ear weighs what you are, not what you were.

Necessity of action takes away the fear of the act, and makes bold resolution the favorite of fortune.

Be very vigilant over thy child in the April of his understanding, lest the frost of May nip his blossoms. While he is a tender twig, straighten him; whilst he is a new vessel, season him; such as thou makest him, such commonly shall thou find him. Let his first lesson be obedience and his second shall be what thou wilt.

Wisdom not only gets, but once got, retains.

Fear nothing but what thy industry may prevent; be confident of nothing but what fortune cannot defeat; it is no less folly to fear what is impossible to be avoided than to be secure when there is a possibility to be deprived.