“All men were created to busy themselves with labor for the common good”

“A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably”

“It is the glory and merit of some men to write well, and of others not to write at all”

“We see men fall from high estate on account of the very faults through which they attained it”

“Let us not cease to do the utmost, that we may incessantly go forward in the way of the Lord; and let us not despair of the smallness of our accomplishments”

“And while the law (of competition) may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department”