Gratitude produced the most purely joyful moments that have been known to man.

In the struggle for existence, it is only on those who hang on for ten minutes after all is hopeless, that hope begins to dawn.

Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.

There are an infinity of angles at which one falls, only one at which one stands.

It seems to me,' said the other, 'That you are simply seeking a pretext to insult the Marquis.' By George!' said Syme facing round and looking at him, 'What a clever chap you are!

The Frenchman works until he can play. The American works until he can’t play; and then thanks the devil, his master, that he is donkey enough to die in harness. But the Englishman, as he has since become, works until he can pretend that he never worked at all.

Nothing taken for granted; everything received with gratitude; everything passed on with grace.