The reason why so little is done, is generally because so little is attempted.

The career of a great man remains an enduring monument of human energy. The man dies and disappears, but his thoughts and acts survive and leave an indelible stamp upon his race.

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.

The cheapest of all things is kindness, its exercise requiring the least possible trouble and self-sacrifice. Win hearts, said Burleigh to Queen Elizabeth, and you have all men's hearts and purses.

With will one can do anything.

Manners are the ornament of action.

Honorable industry always travels the same road with enjoyment and duty, and progress is altogether impossible without it.