All great successes are the triumph of persistence.

A mob is a society obodies, voluntarily bereaving themselves oreason, and traversing its work. The mob is man, voluntarily descending to the nature othe beast. Its fit hour oactivity is night; its actions are insane, like its whole constitution.

Fear, when your friends say to you what you have done well, and say it through; but when they stand with uncertain timid looks of respect and half-dislike, and must suspend their judgement for years to come, you may begin to hope.

People disparage knowing and the intellectual life, and urge doing. I am content with knowing, if only I could know.

The greatest man in history was the poorest.

Often a certain abdication of prudence and foresight is an element of success.

Be an opener of doors