Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.

Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is always interesting.

Everything is hard before it is easy

Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.

Too many parents make life hard for their children by trying, too zealously, to make it easy for them.

Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds.

Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.