A boy has a natural genius for combining business with pleasure

One of the best things in the world to be is a boy; it requires no experience, but needs some practice to be a good one.

The boy who expects every morning to open into a new world finds that today is like yesterday, but he believes tomorrow will be different.

There was never a nation great until it came to the knowledge that it had nowhere in the world to go for help

A great artist can paint a great picture on a small canvas.

I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity.