“Now, all generosity, all forbearance, all forgetfulness of little jealousies and unworthy divisions, all united action for the general good.”

Calling for generosity, tolerance and cooperation over division · Speech, London, 21 July 1858

• Friendship
• Hope

“All that I can claim for myself in establishing the relations which exist between us is constant fidelity to hard work.”

Attributing his bond with readers to sustained effort rather than mystique · Speech, Liverpool, 10 April 1869

• Art
• Truth

“I therefore exhort you to persevere in a thorough determination to do whatever you have to do as well as you can do it.”

Urging wholehearted effort in whatever work life requires · Letter to Edward Bulwer Lytton Dickens, 1868

• Hope
• Truth