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

The apprenticeship of difficulty is one which the greatest of men have had to serve.

The great lesson of biography is to show what man can be and do at his best. A noble life put fairly on record acts like an inspiration to others.

Time is of no account with great thoughts, which are as fresh to -day as when they first passed through their authors' minds ages ago.

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.

It will generally be found that men who are constantly lamenting their ill luck are only reaping the consequences of their own neglect, mismanagement, and improvidence, or want of application.

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