The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual.

Men who are resolved to find a way for themselves will always find opportunities enough; and if they do not find them, they will make them.

The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual.

Politeness goes far, yet costs nothing.

Experience serves to prove that the worth and strength of a state depend far less upon the form of its institutions than upon the character of its men; for the nation is only the aggregate of individual conditions, and civilization itself is but a question of personal, improvement.

When typhus or cholera breaks out, they tell us that Nobody is to blame. That terrible Nobody! How much he has to answer for. More mischief is done by Nobody than by all the world besides.

Labour may be a burden and a chastisement, but it is also an honour and a glory. Without it, nothing can be accomplished.