I have known no man of genius who had not to pay, in some affliction or defect, either physical or spiritual, for what the gods had given him.
Beauty and the lust for learning have yet to be allied.
No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt.
Zuleika, on a desert island, would have spent most of her time in looking for a man's footprint.
A man's work is rather the needful supplement to himself than the outcome of it.
You cannot make a man by standing a sheep on its hind-legs. But by standing a flock of sheep in that position you can make a crowd of men.