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.

Good sense, disciplined by experience and inspired by goodness, issues in practical wisdom.

"Where there is a will there is a way" is an old true saying. He who resolves upon doing a thing, by that very resolution often scales the barriers to it and secures its achievement. To think we are able is almost to be so - to determine upon attainment is frequently attainment itself.

The work of many of the greatest men, inspired by duty, has been done amidst suffering and trial and difficulty. They have struggled against the tide, and reached the shore exhausted.

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

Enthusiasm..the sustaining power of all great action

Men must necessarily be the active agents of their own well-being and well-doing they themselves must in the very nature of things be their own best helpers.