There is a wide difference between general acquaintance and companionship. You may salute a man and exchange compliments with him daily, yet know nothing of his character, his inmost tastes arid feelings.

Unless a man has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him ridiculous.

The petty cares, the minute anxieties, the infinite littles which go to make up the sum of human experience, like the invisible granules of powder, give the last and highest polish to a character.

Go to the desk. Stay at the desk. Thrive at the desk.

The smallest thing, well done, becomes artistic.

What lasting progress was ever made in social reformation, except when every step was insured by appeals to the understanding and the will?

The same disappointments in life will chasten and refine one man's spirit, embitter another's.