Knowledge conquered by labor becomes a possession -a property entirely our own.
Childhood is like a mirror, which reflects in after life the images first presented to it.
He who labours not, cannot enjoy the reward of labour.
The great high-road of human welfare lies along the old highway of steadfast welldoing; and they who are the most persistent, and work in the truest spirit, will invariably be the most successful.
The apprenticeship of difficulty is one which the greatest of men have had to serve.
Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience. Precepts and instruction are useful so far as they go, but, without the discipline of real life, they remain of the nature of theory only.