Although genius always commands admiration, character most secures respect. The former is more the product of the brain, the latter of heart-power; and in the long run it is the heart that rules in life.

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

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

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

The truest politeness comes of sincerity.

Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience. Precepts and instruction are useful so far as they go, but, without the discipline of real life, they remain of the nature of theory only.

Honorable industry always travels the same road with enjoyment and duty, and progress is altogether impossible without it.