It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success; they much oftener succeed through failures. Precept, study, advice, and example could never have taught them so well as failure has done.
Those who have most to do, and are willing to work, will find the most time.
Character is itself a fortune.
The apprenticeship of difficulty is one which the greatest of men have had to serve.
Liberty is the result of free individual action,energy and independence.
Obedience, submission, discipline, courage--these are among the characteristics which make a man.