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

Men whose acts are at variance with their words command no respect, and what they say has but little weight.

Persons with comparatively moderate powers will accomplish much, if they apply themselves wholly and indefatigably to one thing at a time.

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

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.

The apprenticeship of difficulty is one which the greatest of men have had to serve.

Lost wealth may be replaced by industry, lost knowledge by study, lost health by temperance or medicine, but lost time is gone forever.