The duty of helping one's self in the highest sense involves the helping of one's neighbors.

He who labours not, cannot enjoy the reward of labour.

Men cannot be raised in masses as the mountains were in he early geological states of the world. They must be dealt with as units; for it is only by the elevation of individuals that the elevation of the masses can be effectively secured.

Hope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles.

Commonplace though it may appear, this doing of one's duty embodies the highest ideal of life and character. There may be nothing heroic about it; but the common lot of men is not heroic.

Men whose acts are at variance with their words command no respect, and what they say has but little weight.

The truest politeness comes of sincerity.