Many of our troubles are God dragging us, and they would end if we would stand upon our feet and go whither He would have us go.

Victories that come cheap are cheap. Those only are worth having which come as the result of hard fighting.

Each book has a secret history of ways and means.

A man that does not know how to be angry does not know how to be good.

Mountains of gold would not seduce some men, yet flattery would break them down.

Vigilance is not only the price of liberty, but of success of any sort.

One should go to sleep as homesick passengers do, saying, "Perhaps in the morning we shall see the shore.