Hope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles.

Childhood is like a mirror, which reflects in after life the images first presented to it.

Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience. Precepts and instruction are useful so far as they go, but, without the discipline of real life, they remain of the nature of theory only.

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.

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

Riches do not constitute any claim to distinction. It is only the vulgar who admire riches as riches.

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