"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.

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

For want of self-restraint many men are engaged all their lives in fighting with difficulties of their own making.

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.

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

Nothing of real worth can be obtained without courageous working. Man owes his growth chiefly to the active striving of the will, that encounter with difficulty which he calls effort; and it is astonishing to find how often results apparently impracticable are then made possible.

Marriage like government is a series of compromises. One must give and take, repair and restrain, endure and be patient.