Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so.

Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another - too often ending in the loss of both.

Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests on a basis of faith, for it assumes the permanence and uniformity of natural laws - a thing which can never be demonstrated.

Any act often repeated soon forms a habit and habit allowed, steady gains in strength, At first it may be but as a spider's web, easily broken through, but if not resisted it soon binds us with chains of steel.