“Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself”

“As favor and riches forsake a man, we discover in him the foolishness they concealed, and which no one perceived before”

“There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else”

“Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no others are, and to do what no other can do”

“The great hope of society is in individual character”

“Grandeur of character lies wholly in force of soul, that is, in the force of thought, moral principle, and love, and this may be found in the humblest condition of life”