Success is full of promise till one gets it, and then it seems like a nest from which the bird has flown.
Henry Ward BeecherBadgered, snubbed and scolded on the one hand; petted, flattered and indulged on the other-it is astonishing how many children work their way up to an honest manhood in spite of parents and friends. Human nature has an element of great toughness in it.
Henry Ward Beecher