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

Progress, of the best kind, is comparatively slow

Labor is still, and ever will be, the inevitable price set upon everything which is valuable.

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.

Honorable industry always travels the same road with enjoyment and duty, and progress is altogether impossible without it.

The great and good do no die even in this world. Embalmed in books, their spirits walk abroad. The book is a living voice. It is an intellect to which one still listens.

There is no act, however trivial, but has its train of consequences.