The effects of opposition are wonderful. There are men who rise refreshed on hearing of a threat, men to whom a crisis, which intimidates and paralyzes the majority, comes as graceful and beloved as a bride!

Every noble activity makes room for itself.

A friend is the hope of the heart.

Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment. The one thing in the world, of value, is the active soul.

He that despiseth small things will perish by little and little.

All the tools and engines on earth are only extensions of man's limbs and senses.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.