Character is itself a fortune.

If we opened our minds to enjoyment, we might find tranquil pleasures spread about us on every side. We might live with the angels that visit us on every sunbeam, and sit with the fairies who wait on every flower.

Good character is property. It is the noblest of all possessions.

The great lesson of biography is to show what man can be and do at his best. A noble life put fairly on record acts like an inspiration to others.

Like men, nations are purified and strengthened by trials.

Men whose acts are at variance with their words command no respect, and what they say has but little weight.

Hope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles.