Alexander the Great valued learning so highly, that he used to say he was more indebted to Aristotle for giving him knowledge than to his father Philip for life.

Example teaches better than precept. It is the best modeler of the character of men and women. To set a lofty example is the richest bequest a man can leave behind him.

Men often discover their affinity to each other by the mutual love they have for a book.

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

Manners are the ornament of action.

The women of the poorer classes make sacrifices, and run risks, and bear privations, and exercise patience and kindness to a degree that the world never knows of, and would scarcely believe even if it did know.

Good character is property. It is the noblest of all possessions.