Manners Are The Ornament Of Action.

The Iron Rail Proved A Magicians' Road. It Virtually Reduced England To A Sixth Of Its Size. It Brought The Country Nearer To The Town And The Town To The Country.... It Energized Punctuality, Discipline, And Attention; And Proved A Moral Teacher By The Influence Of Example.

For Want Of Self-restraint Many Men Are Engaged All Their Lives In Fighting With Difficulties Of Their Own Making.

Success Treads On The Heels Of Every Right Effort; And Though It Is Possible To Overestimate Success To The Extent Of Almost Deifying It, As Is Sometimes Done, Still In Any Worthy Pursuit It Is Meritorious.

The Crown And Glory Of Life Is Character. It Is The Noblest Possession Of A Man, Constituting A Rank In Itself, And An Estate In The General Good-will; Dignifying Every Station, And Exalting Every Position In Society. It Exercises A Greater Power Than Wealth, And Secures All The Honor Without The Jealousies Of Fame. It Carries With It An Influence Which Always Tell; For It Is The Result Of Proved Honor, Rectitude, And Consistency-qualities Which, Perhaps More Than Any Other, Command The General Confidence And Respect Of Mankind.

Fortune Has Often Been Blamed For Her Blindness; But Fortune Is Not So Blind As Men Are. Those Who Look Into Practical Life Will Find That Fortune Is Usually On The Side Of The Industrious, As The Winds And Waves Are On The Side Of The Best Navigators.