The evil of infatuation is illustrated by the drunkard.

A man is what he is, not what men say he is. His character no man can touch. His character is what he is before his God and his Judge; and only himself can damage that. His reputation is what men say he is. That can be damaged; but reputation is for time, character is for eternity.

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

You can commit no greater folly than to sit by the road side until someone comes along and invites you to ride with him to wealth or influence.

You must make your own opportunities.

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

It is the minority that has stood in the vain of every moral conflict, and achieved all that is noble in the history of the world.