Thoughts lead on to purpose, purpose leads on to actions, actions form habits, habits decide character, and character fixes our destiny.

Indolence is the dry rot of even a good mind and a good character; the practical uselessness of both. It is the waste of what might be a happy and useful life.

To rule one's anger is well; to prevent it is still better.

To possess money is very well; it may be a valuable servant; to be possessed by it is to be possessed by the devil, and one of the meanest and worst kind of devils.

To rejoice in another's prosperity is to give content to your lot; to mitigate another's grief is to alleviate or dispel your own

To be good, we must do good; and by doing good we take a sure means of being good, as the use and exercise of the muscles increase their power.

Contemplation is to knowledge what digestion is to food - the way to get life out of it