The great and good do no die even in this world. Embalmed in books, their spirits walk abroad. The book is a living voice. It is an intellect to which one still listens.

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

Mere political reform will not cure the manifold evils which now afflict society. There requires a social reform, a domestic reform, an individual reform.

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.

It is the close observation of little things which is the secret of success in business, in art, in science, and in every pursuit of life.

Childhood is like a mirror, which reflects in after life the images first presented to it.

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.