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

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

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

The egotist is next door to a fanatic.

He who labours not, cannot enjoy the reward of labour.

The cheapest of all things is kindness, its exercise requiring the least possible trouble and self-sacrifice. Win hearts, said Burleigh to Queen Elizabeth, and you have all men's hearts and purses.

Men often discover their affinity to each other by the mutual love they have for a book.