The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual.
There is no act, however trivial, but has its train of consequences.
The apprenticeship of difficulty is one which the greatest of men have had to serve.
Manners are the ornament of action.
We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery.
The great lesson of biography is to show what man can be and do at his best. A noble life put fairly on record acts like an inspiration to others.