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

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.

It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success; they much oftener succeed through failures. Precept, study, advice, and example could never have taught them so well as failure has done.

The duty of helping one's self in the highest sense involves the helping of one's neighbors.

Energy of will may be defined to be the very central power of character in a man.

Diligence, above all, is the mother of good luck.

The egotist is next door to a fanatic.