"Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action"

"Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness"

"There are no gains without pains"

"The seat of knowledge is in the head, of wisdom, in the heart"

"It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice"

"We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own"

"When you see a woman who can go nowhere without a staff of admirers, it is not so much because they think she is beautiful, it is because she has told them they are handsome"

"Never stop learning; knowledge doubles every fourteen months"

"The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do"