He Who Labours Not, Cannot

The Government Of A Nation Itself Is Usually Found To Be But The Reflux Of The Individuals Composing It. The Government That Is Ahead Of The People Will Be Inevitably Dragged Down To Their Level, As The Government That Is Behind Them Will In The Long Run Be Dragged Up.

It Is Not Ease, But Effort-not Facility, But Difficulty, Makes Men. There Is, Perhaps, No Station In Life In Which Difficulties Have Not To Be Encountered And Overcome Before Any Decided Measure Of Success Can Be Achieved.

Commonplace Though It May Appear, This Doing Of One's Duty Embodies The Highest Ideal Of Life And Character. There May Be Nothing Heroic About It; But The Common Lot Of Men Is Not Heroic.

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.

There Are Many Counterfeits Of Character, But The Genuine Article Is Difficult To Be Mistaken.