Manners are the ornament of action.

The experience gathered from books, though often valuable, is but the nature of learning; whereas the experience gained from actual life is one of the nature of wisdom.

Cheerfulness is also an excellent wearing quality. It has been called the bright weather of the heart.

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

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.

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

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