All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure. You can "already know for sure" things that could actually impede progress. Always be on the lookout for the things you did not know, that you did not know. Secondly, work on strengthening personal belief that a particular will be achieved regardless of any adversity that may show up, or evidence to the contrary.

The true charm of pedestrianism does not lie in the walking, or in the scenery, but in the talking. The walking is good to time the movement of the tongue by, and to keep the blood and the brain stirred up and active; the scenery and the woodsy smells are good to bear in upon a man an unconscious and unobtrusive charm and solace to eye and soul and sense; but the supreme pleasure comes from the talk.

Geological time is not money.

The [Kodak is] the only witness I have encountered in my long experience that I couldn't bribe.

We are discreet sheep; we wait to see how the drove is going, and then go with the drove.

You can tell German wine from vinegar by the label.

Let us draw the curtain of charity over the rest of this scene