“The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is, that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.”

“Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength. ”

“No matter how good the walls and the materials are; if the foundations are not strong, the building will not stand. By and by, in some upper room, a crack will appear; and men will say: "There is the crack; but the cause is the foundation." So if, in youth, you lay the foundation of your character wrongly, the penalty will be sure to follow. The crack may be far down in old age, but somewhere it will certainly appear.”

“Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one is without himself.”

“Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.”

“The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.”

“There is a temperate zone in the mind, between luxurious indolence and exacting work; and it is to this region, just between laziness and labor, that summer reading belongs. ”