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

If we opened our minds to enjoyment, we might find tranquil pleasures spread about us on every side. We might live with the angels that visit us on every sunbeam, and sit with the fairies who wait on every flower.

The battle of life is, in most cases, fought uphill; and to win it without a struggle were perhaps to win it without honor. If there were no difficulties there would be no success; if there were nothing to struggle for, there would be nothing to be achieved.

The iron rail proved a magicians' road. It virtually reduced England to a sixth of its size. It brought the country nearer to the town and the town to the country.... It energized punctuality, discipline, and attention; and proved a moral teacher by the influence of example.

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

Woman, above all other educators, educates humanly. Man is the brain, but woman is the heart, of humanity.

Knowledge conquered by labor becomes a possession -a property entirely our own.