The question for each man to settle is not what he would do if he had means, time, influence, and educational advantages, but what he will do with the things he has.

In the long run a man becomes what he purposes, and gains for himself what he really desires

Nothing is lost upon a man who is bent upon growth; nothing wasted on one who is always preparing for life. By keeping eyes, mind, and heart open to nature, men, books, experience, and what he gathers, serves him at unexpected moments, in unforeseen

He strains his conversation through a cigar.

Genius can do much, but even genius falls short of the actuality of a single human life.

To have a quiet mind is to possess one's mind wholly; to have a calm spirit is to possess one's self.