All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. But all play and no work makes him something worse.

Manners are the ornament of action.

There is no act, however trivial, but has its train of consequences.

The path of success in business is invariably the path of common-sense. Nothwithstanding all that is said about "lucky hits," the best kind of success in every man's life is not that which comes by accident. The only "good time coming" we are justified in hoping for is that which we are capable of making for ourselves.

With will one can do anything.

Knowledge conquered by labor becomes a possession -a property entirely our own.

Those who have most to do, and are willing to work, will find the most time.