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.

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

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

National progress is the sum of individual industry, energy, and uprightness, as national decay is of individual idleness, selfishness, and vice.

Self-control is only courage under another form. It may also be regarded as the primary essence of character.

It is energy - the central element of which is will - that produces the miracle that is enthusiasm in all ages. Everywhere it is what is called force of character and the sustaining power of all great action

Sympathy is the golden key that unlocks the hearts of others.