There Are Many Counterfeits Of Character, But

No Laws, However Stringent, Can Make The Idle Industrious, The Thriftless Provident, Or The Drunken Sober.

England Was Nothing, Compared To Continental Nations Until She Had Become Commercial... Until About The Middle Of The Last Century, When A Number Of Ingenious And Inventive Men, Without Apparent Relation To Each Other, Arose In Various Parts Of The Kingdom, Succeeded In Giving An Immense Impulse To All The Branches Of The National Industry; The Result Of Which Has Been A Harvest Of Wealth And Prosperity, Perhaps Without A Parallel In The History Of The World.

The Great High-road Of Human Welfare Lies Along The Old Highway Of Steadfast, Well-doing; And They Who Are The Most Persistent, And Work In The Truest Spirit, Will Invariably Be The Most Successful; Success Treads On The Heels Of Every Right Effort.

Persons With Comparatively Moderate Powers Will Accomplish Much, If They Apply Themselves Wholly And Indefatigably To One Thing At A Time.

The Very Greatest Things - Great Thoughts, Discoveries, Inventions - Have Usually Been Nurtured In Hardship, Often Pondered Over In Sorrow, And At Length Established With Difficulty.