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.

Conscience is that peculiar faculty of the soul which may be called the religious instinct.

Childhood is like a mirror, which reflects in after life the images first presented to it.

Cecil's dispatch of business was extraordinary, his maxim being, "The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once."

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

Men who are resolved to find a way for themselves will always find opportunities enough; and if they do not find them, they will make them.

Enthusiasm..the sustaining power of all great action