Enthusiasm..the sustaining power of all great action

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

It is the close observation of little things which is the secret of success in business, in art, in science, and in every pursuit of life.

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

Those who have most to do, and are willing to work, will find the most time.

Great men are always exceptional men; and greatness itself is but comparative. Indeed, the range of most men in life is so limited that very few have the opportunity of being great.

Biographies of great, but especially of good men are most instructive and useful as helps, guides, and incentives to others. Some of the best are almost equivalent to gospels,--teaching high living ,high thinking, and energetic action, for their own and, the world's good.