Riches do not constitute any claim to distinction. It is only the vulgar who admire riches as riches.
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No laws, however stringent, can make the idle industrious, the thriftless provident, or the drunken sober.
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The work of many of the greatest men, inspired by duty, has been done amidst suffering and trial and difficulty. They have struggled against the tide, and reached the shore exhausted.
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Marriage like government is a series of compromises. One must give and take, repair and restrain, endure and be patient.
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Character is undergoing constant change, for better or for worse–either being elevated on the one hand, or degraded on the other.
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Biographies of great, but especially of good men are most instructive and useful as helps, guides, and incentives to others. Some of the best are almost equivalent to gospels,–teaching high living ,high thinking, and energetic action, for their own and, the world’s good.
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Man cannot aspire if he looked down; if he rise, he must look up.
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Men must necessarily be the active agents of their own well-being and well-doing they themselves must in the very nature of things be their own best helpers.
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Life is of little value unless it be consecrated by duty.
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A fig-tree looking on a fig-tree becometh fruitful,” says the Arabian proverb. And so it is with children; their first great instructor is example.
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Time is of no account with great thoughts, which are as fresh to -day as when they first passed through their authors’ minds ages ago.
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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.
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Good character is property. It is the noblest of all possessions.
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The duty of helping one’s self in the highest sense involves the helping of one’s neighbors.
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