There is no well-doing, no Godlike doing, that is not patient doing.

Cost is the father and compensation the mother of progress.

Of all the scamps society knows, the traditional good fellow is the most despicable.

Patience, persistence, and power to do are only acquired by work.

Immortality--twin sister of Eternity.

if have got my spindle and my distaff ready--my pen and mind--never doubting for an instant that God will send me flax.

I count this thing to be grandly true: That a noble deed is a step toward God-- Lifting the soul from the common clod To a purer air and a broader view.