Each person's work is always a portrait of himself.

From thee, great God, we spring, to thee, we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.

None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.

Our aspirations are our possibilities.

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.

He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.

Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.

The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.

A horse that can count to ten is remarkable, not a remarkable mathematician.

Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.

My dear friend, clear your mind of can't.

Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.

Knock the 't' off the 'can't.'

When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of a return to kindness or decency.

The future is purchased by the present.

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.