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

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.

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

Obedience, submission, discipline, courage--these are among the characteristics which make a man.

Diligence, above all, is the mother of good luck.

The women of the poorer classes make sacrifices, and run risks, and bear privations, and exercise patience and kindness to a degree that the world never knows of, and would scarcely believe even if it did know.

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