“Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.”

“In order for one to learn the important lessons of life, one must first overcome a fear each day.”

“Character is that which can do without success.”

“He has not learned the lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.”

“It is a luxury to be understood.”

“Debt, grinding debt, whose iron face the widow, the orphan, and the sons of genius fear and hate;--debt, which consumes so much time, which so cripples and disheartens a great spirit with cares that seem so base, is a preceptor whose lessons cannot be forgone, and is needed most by those who suffer from it most.”

“Life is to be lived, not controlled.”