Labour may be a burden and a chastisement, but it is also an honour and a glory. Without it, nothing can be accomplished.

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.

Self-control is only courage under another form.

The government of a nation itself is usually found to be but the reflux of the individuals composing it. The government that is ahead of the people will be inevitably dragged down to their level, as the government that is behind them will in the long run be dragged up.

The duty of helping one's self in the highest sense involves the helping of one's neighbors.

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

A fig-tree looking on a fig-tree becometh fruitful," says the Arabian proverb. And so it is with children; their first great instructor is example.