For want of self-restraint many men are engaged all their lives in fighting with difficulties of their own making.

All life is a struggle.... Under competition the lazy man is put under the necessity of exerting himself; and if he will not exert himself, he must fall behind. If he do not work, neither shall he eat.

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

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

Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling the old road of observation, attention, perseverance, and industry.

The reason why so little is done, is generally because so little is attempted.

He who recognizes no higher logic than that of the shilling may become a very rich man, and yet remain all the while an exceedingly poor creature; for riches are no proof whatever of moral worth, and their glitter often serves only to draw attention to the worthlessness of their possessor, as the glow-worm's light reveals the grub.