Liberty is the result of free individual action,energy and independence.

Cheerfulness is also an excellent wearing quality. It has been called the bright weather of the heart.

The work of many of the greatest men, inspired by duty, has been done amidst suffering and trial and difficulty. They have struggled against the tide, and reached the shore exhausted.

Whatever is done for men takes away from the stimulus and necessity of doing things for themselves. The value of legislative as an agent in human advancement has been much over-estimated. No laws, however stringent, can make the idle industrious, the thriftless provident or the drunken sober.

No laws, however stringent, can make the idle industrious, the thriftless provident, or the drunken sober. Such reforms can only be effected by means of individual action, economy and self-denial; by better habits, rather than by greater rights.

The truest politeness comes of sincerity.

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.