Progress, Of The Best Kind, Is Comparatively

Work Is One Of The Best Educators Of Practical Character.

All Life Is A Struggle.... Under Competition The Lazy Man Is Put Under The Necessity Of Exerting Himself; And If He Will Not Exert Himself, He Must Fall Behind. If He Do Not Work, Neither Shall He Eat.

Riches Do Not Constitute Any Claim To Distinction. It Is Only The Vulgar Who Admire Riches As Riches.

The Spirit Of Self-help Is The Root Of All Genuine Growth In The Individual.

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.