The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves, too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never have otherwise occurred...unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way.

One spares old people just as one spares children.

Excellence is rarely found, more rarely valued.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

The rose is wont with pride to swell, and ever seeks to rise.

Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.

Whoever makes it a rule to test action by thought, thought by action, cannot falter, and if he does, will soon find his way back to the right road.