The truest politeness comes of sincerity.

Life is of little value unless it be consecrated by duty.

Like men, nations are purified and strengthened by trials.

It is energy - the central element of which is will - that produces the miracle that is enthusiasm in all ages. Everywhere it is what is called force of character and the sustaining power of all great action

Help from without is often enfeebling in its effects, but help from within invariably invigorates.

If we opened our minds to enjoyment, we might find tranquil pleasures spread about us on every side. We might live with the angels that visit us on every sunbeam, and sit with the fairies who wait on every flower.

The principal industrial excellence of the English people lay in their capacity of present exertion for a distant object.