Manners Are The Ornament Of Action.

Genius, Without Work, Is Certainly A Dumb Oracle, And It Is Unquestionably True That The Men Of The Highest Genius Have Invariably Been Found To Be Amongst The Most Plodding, Hard-working, And Intent Men -- Their Chief Characteristic Apparently Consisting Simply In Their Power Of Laboring More Intensely And Effectively Than Others.

It Is Not Ease, But Effort-not Facility, But Difficulty, Makes Men. There Is, Perhaps, No Station In Life In Which Difficulties Have Not To Be Encountered And Overcome Before Any Decided Measure Of Success Can Be Achieved.

If Character Be Irrecoverably Lost, Then Indeed There Will Be Nothing Left Worth Saving.

The Experience Gathered From Books, Though Often Valuable, Is But The Nature Of Learning; Whereas The Experience Gained From Actual Life Is One Of The Nature Of Wisdom.

It Is Natural To Admire And Revere Really Great Men. They Hallow The Nation To Which They Belong, And Lift Up Not Only All Who Live In Their Time, But Those Who Live After Them. Their Great Example Becomes The Common Heritage Of Their Race; And Their Great Deeds And Great Thoughts Are The Most Glorious Legacies Of Mankind.