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

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.

We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery.

Riches do not constitute any claim to distinction. It is only the vulgar who admire riches as riches.

Woman, above all other educators, educates humanly. Man is the brain, but woman is the heart, of humanity.

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

All life is a struggle.... Under competition the lazy man is put under the necessity of exerting himself; and if he will not exert himself, he must fall behind. If he do not work, neither shall he eat.