Necessity is always the first stimulus to industry, and those who conduct it with prudence, perseverance and energy will rarely fail. Viewed in this light, the necessity of labor is not a chastisement, but a blessing,--the very root and spring of all that we call progress in individuals and civilization in nations.

The principal industrial excellence of the English people lay in their capacity of present exertion for a distant object.

Marriage like government is a series of compromises. One must give and take, repair and restrain, endure and be patient.

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

Labor is still, and ever will be, the inevitable price set upon everything which is valuable.

If we opened our minds to enjoyment, we might find tranquil pleasures spread about us on every side. We might live with the angels that visit us on every sunbeam, and sit with the fairies who wait on every flower.

Life will always be to a large extent what we ourselves make it.