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.

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.

It is energy - the central element of which is will - that produces the miracle that is enthusiasm in all ages. Everywhere it is what is called force of character and the sustaining power of all great action

Labour may be a burden and a chastisement, but it is also an honour and a glory. Without it, nothing can be accomplished.

Self-respect is the noblest garment with which a man can clothe himself, the most elevating feeling with which the mind can be inspired.

Although genius always commands admiration, character most secures respect. The former is more the product of the brain, the latter of heart-power; and in the long run it is the heart that rules in life.