The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once.

Nothing of real worth can be obtained without courageous working. Man owes his growth chiefly to the active striving of the will, that encounter with difficulty which he calls effort; and it is astonishing to find how often results apparently impracticable are then made possible.

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

This extraordinary metal, the soul of every manufacture, and the mainspring perhaps of civilised society. Of iron.

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.

Energy of will may be defined to be the very central power of character in a man.

Even happiness itself may become habitual. There is a habit of looking at the bright side of things, and also of looking at the dark side.