That which grows fast, withers as rapidly. That which grows slow, endures.
Life was intended to be so adjusted that the body should be the servant of the soul, and always subordinate to the soul.
Man's record upon this wild world is the record of work, and of work alone.
Almost everywhere men have become the particular things which their particular work has made them.
Idleness is the sepulchre of a living man.
Calmness is the cradle of power.