Opportunities ... fall in the way of every man who is resolved to take advantage of them.

The duty of helping one's self in the highest sense involves the helping of one's neighbors.

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

Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling the old road of observation, attention, perseverance, and industry.

Progress however, of the best kind, is comparatively slow. Great results cannot be achieved at once; and we must be satisfied to advance in life as we walk, step by step.

The best school of discipline is home. Family life is God's own method of training the young, and homes are very much as women make them.

Even happiness itself may become habitual. There is a habit of looking at the bright side of things, and also of looking at the dark side. Dr. Johnson has said that the habit of looking at the best side of a thing is worth more to a man than a thousand pounds a year. And we possess the power, to a great extent, of so exercising the will as to direct the thoughts upon objects calculated to yield happiness and improvement rather than their opposites.