It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success; they much oftener succeed through failures. Precept, study, advice, and example could never have taught them so well as failure has done.

Men cannot be raised in masses as the mountains were in he early geological states of the world. They must be dealt with as units; for it is only by the elevation of individuals that the elevation of the masses can be effectively secured.

Where there is a will there is a way.

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.

Men whose acts are at variance with their words command no respect, and what they say has but little weight.

The principal industrial excellence of the English people lay in their capacity of present exertion for a distant object.

Character is itself a fortune.