Society is doing a great deal for the workingman, for the lower classes; but it seems to me, sometimes, as if it formed associations to obtain for them toys, and then formed other associations to teach them to play with them.

Every moderate drinker could abandon the intoxicating cup if he would; every inebriate would if he could.

Reputation is for time; character is for eternity.

The evil of infatuation is illustrated by the drunkard.

You must make your own opportunities.

If you want to succeed, you must make your own opportunities as you go.

What you learn from bad habits and in bad society you will never forget, and it will be a lasting pang to you.