The World Is A Republic Of Mediocrities,

A Man Without A Goal Is Like A Ship Without A Rudder.

No Sadder Proof Can Be Given By A Man Of His Own Littleness Than Disbelief In Great Men.

A False Man Found A Religion? Why, A False Man Cannot Build A Brick House!

Instead Of Saying That Man Is The Creature Of Circumstance, It Would Be Nearer The Mark To Say That Man Is The Architect Of Circumstance.

Learn To Be Good Readers, Which Is Perhaps A More Difficult Thing Than You Imagine. Learn To Be Discriminative In Your Reading; To Read Faithfully, And With Your Best Attention, All Kinds Of Things Which You Have A Real Interest In,--a Real, Not An Imaginary,--and Which You Find To Be Really Fit For What You Are Engaged In.