Politeness goes far, yet costs nothing.
Energy of will may be defined to be the very central power of character in a man.
Knowledge conquered by labor becomes a possession -a property entirely our own.
No laws, however stringent, can make the idle industrious, the thriftless provident, or the drunken sober. Such reforms can only be effected by means of individual action, economy and self-denial; by better habits, rather than by greater rights.
Man cannot aspire if he looked down; if he rise, he must look up.
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.