“Character is property. It is the noblest of possessions.” — Samuel Smiles

The best-regulated home is always that in which the discipline is the most perfect, and yet where it is the least felt. Moral discipline acts with the force of a law of nature.

Simple honesty of purpose in a man goes a long way in life, if founded on a just estimate of himself and a steady obedience to the rule he knows and feels to be right.

Admiration of great men, living or dead, naturally evokes imitation of them in a greater or less degree.

Knowledge conquered by labor becomes a possession - a property entirely our own.