Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.

Commonplace though it may appear, this doing of one's duty embodies the highest ideal of life and character. There may be nothing heroic about it; but the common lot of men is not heroic.

It is the close observation of little things which is the secret of success in business, in art, in science, and in every pursuit of life.

Where there is a will there is a way.

Time is of no account with great thoughts, which are as fresh to -day as when they first passed through their authors' minds ages ago.

The career of a great man remains an enduring monument of human energy. The man dies and disappears, but his thoughts and acts survive and leave an indelible stamp upon his race.

Life will always be to a large extent what we ourselves make it.