If we could read the secret history of our enemies.

Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.

Where'er a noble deed is wrought, Where'er is spoken a noble thought, Our hearts in glad surprise To higher levels rise.

These stars of earth, these golden flowers.

Oh, how beautiful is the summer night, which is not night, but a sunless, yet unclouded, day, descending upon earth with dews and shadows and refreshing coolness! How beautiful the long mild twilight, which, like a silver clasp, unites today with yesterday!

Three silences there are: the first of speech, the second of desire, the third of thought.

Perseverance is a great element of success.