The possession of a library, or the free use of it, no more constitutes learning, than the possession of wealth constitutes generosity.
Success treads on the heels of every right effort; and though it is possible to overestimate success to the extent of almost deifying it, as is sometimes done, still in any worthy pursuit it is meritorious.
Necessity, oftener than facility, has been the mother of invention; and the most prolific school of all has been the school of difficulty.
Character is undergoing constant change, for better or for worse--either being elevated on the one hand, or degraded on the other.
Necessity is always the first stimulus to industry, and those who conduct it with prudence, perseverance and energy will rarely fail. Viewed in this light, the necessity of labor is not a chastisement, but a blessing,--the very root and spring of all that we call progress in individuals and civilization in nations.
The wise man... if he would live at peace with others, he will bear and forbear.
It is natural to admire and revere really great men. They hallow the nation to which they belong, and lift up not only all who live in their time, but those who live after them. Their great example becomes the common heritage of their race; and their great deeds and great thoughts are the most glorious legacies of mankind.
Honorable industry always travels the same road with enjoyment and duty, and progress is altogether impossible without it.
All that is great in man comes through work; and civilization is its product.
If character be irrecoverably lost, then indeed there will be nothing left worth saving.
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.
An intense anticipation itself transforms possibility into reality; our desires being often but precursors of the things which we are capable of performing.
The egotist is next door to a fanatic.
I see nothing quite conclusive in the art of temporal government, But violence, duplicity and frequent malversation. King rules or barons rule: The strong man strongly and the weak man by caprice. They have but one law, to seize the power and keep it.
Sympathy is the golden key that unlocks the hearts of others.
He who recognizes no higher logic than that of the shilling may become a very rich man, and yet remain all the while an exceedingly poor creature; for riches are no proof whatever of moral worth, and their glitter often serves only to draw attention to the worthlessness of their possessor, as the glow-worm's light reveals the grub.
Manners are the ornament of action.
Liberty is the result of free individual action,energy and independence.
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.
True politeness is consideration for the opinions of others. It has been said of dogmatism that it is only puppyism come to its full growth; and certainly the worst form this quality can assume is that of opinionativeness and arrogance.
The life of a good man is at the same time the most eloquent lesson of virtue and the most severe reproof of vice.
A woman's best qualities do not reside in her intellect, but in her affections. She gives refreshment by her sympathies, rather than by her knowledge.
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