He Who Labours Not, Cannot Enjoy The

Whatever Is Done For Men Takes Away From The Stimulus And Necessity Of Doing Things For Themselves. The Value Of Legislative As An Agent In Human Advancement Has Been Much Over-estimated. No Laws, However Stringent, Can Make The Idle Industrious, The Thriftless Provident Or The Drunken Sober.

The Highest Culture Is Not Obtained From The Teacher When At School Or College, So Much As By Our Ever Diligent Self-education When We Become Men.

It Is The Close Observation Of Little Things Which Is The Secret Of Success In Business, In Art, In Science, And In Every Pursuit In Life. Human Knowledge Is But An Accumulation Of Small Facts Made By Successive Generations Of Men--the Little Bits Of Knowledge And Experience Carefully Treasured Up By Them Growing At Length Into A Mighty Pyramid.

Marriage Like Government Is A Series Of Compromises. One Must Give And Take, Repair And Restrain, Endure And Be Patient.

Make Good Thy Standing Place, And Move The World.