Writing history is a method of getting rid of the past.
Every second is of infinite value.
It is better to do the smallest thing in the world than to hold half an hour to be too small a thing.
Three things are to be looked to in a building: that it stand on the right spot; that it is securely founded; that it be successfully executed.
One says a lot in vain, refusing; The other mainly hears the "No."
Money lost, something lost. Honor lost, much lost. Courage lost, everything lost-better you were never born