Those who every morning plan the transactions of the day and follow out that plan carry a thread that will guide them through the labyrinth of the most busy life. The orderly arrangement of their time is like a ray of light which darts itself through all their occupations. But where no plan is laid, where the disposal of time is surrendered merely to the chance of incidents, chaos will soon reign.

A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing.

The man who fights against his own country is never a hero.

Nothing makes a man so adventurous as an empty pocket.

Everything bows to success, even grammar.

The soul has greater need of the ideal than of the real

It is from books that wise men derive consolation in the troubles of life.