"We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will no…"

"The greatest slave is not he who is ruled by a despot, great though that evil be, but he who is in the thrall of his …"

"Nothing is more common than energy in money-making, quite independent of any higher object than its accumulation. A m…"

"Mere political reform will not cure the manifold evils which now afflict society. There requires a social reform, a d…"

"Good actions give strength to ourselves, and inspire good actions in others."

"Laws, wisely administered, will secure men in the enjoyment of the fruits of their labour, whether of mind or body, a…"

"A place for everything, and everything in its place."

""Heaven helps those who help themselves" is a well-tried maxim, embodying in a small compass the results of vast huma…"

"England was nothing, compared to continental nations until she had become commercial…until about the middle of the la…"

"The crown and glory of life is Character. It is the noblest possession of a man, constituting a rank in itself, and a…"