The Life Of A Good Man Is

The Apprenticeship Of Difficulty Is One Which The Greatest Of Men Have Had To Serve.

Diligence, Above All, Is The Mother Of Good Luck.

Character Is Itself A Fortune.

Progress However, Of The Best Kind, Is Comparatively Slow. Great Results Cannot Be Achieved At Once; And We Must Be Satisfied To Advance In Life As We Walk, Step By Step.

The Romans Rightly Employed The Same Word (virtus) To Designate Courage, Which Is, In A Physical Sense, What The Other Is In A Moral; The Highest Virtue Of All Being Victory Over Ourselves.