It Is A Mistake To Suppose That

The Great Lesson Of Biography Is To Show What Man Can Be And Do At His Best. A Noble Life Put Fairly On Record Acts Like An Inspiration To Others.

Whatever Is Done For Men Takes Away From The Stimulus And Necessity Of Doing Things For Themselves. The Value Of Legislative As An Agent In Human Advancement Has Been Much Over-estimated. No Laws, However Stringent, Can Make The Idle Industrious, The Thriftless Provident Or The Drunken Sober.

Character Is Itself A Fortune.

Marriage Like Government Is A Series Of Compromises. One Must Give And Take, Repair And Restrain, Endure And Be Patient.

The Very Greatest Things - Great Thoughts, Discoveries, Inventions - Have Usually Been Nurtured In Hardship, Often Pondered Over In Sorrow, And At Length Established With Difficulty.