The apprenticeship of difficulty is one which the greatest of men have had to serve.
Knowledge conquered by labor becomes a possession -a property entirely our own.
Men who are resolved to find a way for themselves will always find opportunities enough; and if they do not find them, they will make them.
Riches do not constitute any claim to distinction. It is only the vulgar who admire riches as riches.
Good character is property. It is the noblest of all possessions.
Purposes, like eggs, unless they be hatched into action, will run into rottenness.