He who labours not, cannot enjoy the reward of labour.

Time is of no account with great thoughts, which are as fresh to -day as when they first passed through their authors' minds ages ago.

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.

Experience serves to prove that the worth and strength of a state depend far less upon the form of its institutions than upon the character of its men; for the nation is only the aggregate of individual conditions, and civilization itself is but a question of personal, improvement.

The apprenticeship of difficulty is one which the greatest of men have had to serve.

He who labours not, cannot enjoy the reward of labour.

It is possible that the scrupulously honest man may not grow rich so fast as the unscrupulous and dishonest one; but the success will be of a truer kind, earned without fraud or injustice. And even though a man should for a time be unsuccessful, still he must be honest: better lose all and save character. For character is itself a fortune. . . .