We cannot all be great but we can always attach ourselves to something that is great.

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.

We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is god-like.

Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was tht they escaped teething.

By tryingoften, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

Talkingmuch about oneself may be a way of hiding oneself.

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Whospreads, sows; Who listens, reaps.

Supicion of one's own motives is especially necessary for the philanthropist and the executive.