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.

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.

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

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

Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.

With will one can do anything.

Nothing of real worth can be obtained without courageous working. Man owes his growth chiefly to the active striving of the will, that encounter with difficulty which he calls effort; and it is astonishing to find how often results apparently impracticable are then made possible.