Knowledge conquered by labor becomes a possession - a property entirely our own.

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.

Life will always be to a large extent what we ourselves make it.

The wise man... if he would live at peace with others, he will bear and forbear.

Hope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles.