Knowledge, Virtue, Power are the victories of man over his necessities, his march to the dominion of the world.

Life must be lived on a higher plane. We must go up to a higher platform, to which we are always invited to ascend; there, the whole aspect of things changes.

Again, the great number of cultivated men keep each other up to a high standard. The habit of meeting well-read and knowing men teaches the art of omission and selection.

Go oft to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

Far off, men swell, bully, and threaten; bring them hand to hand, and they are feeble folk.

Headwinds are sore vexations and the more passengers the sorer.

When we have arrived at the question, the answer is already near.