Example teaches better than precept. It is the best modeler of the character of men and women. To set a lofty example is the richest bequest a man can leave behind him.

Manners are the ornament of action.

Honorable industry always travels the same road with enjoyment and duty, and progress is altogether impossible without it.

Labor is still, and ever will be, the inevitable price set upon everything which is valuable.

The reason why so little is done, is generally because so little is attempted.

Courage is by no means incompatible with tenderness. On the contrary, gentleness and tenderness have been found to characterize the men, no less than the women, who have done the most courageous deeds.

Politeness goes far, yet costs nothing.