We find in life exactly what we put into it

What matters most is not what is behind us or before us, but what is within us.

The day is always his, who works in it with serenity and great aims.

The whole of what we know is a system of compensation. Every defect in one manner is made up in another. Every suffering is rewarded; every sacrifice is made up; every debt is paid.

The craft of the merchant is this bringing a thing where it abounds to where it is costly.

The wise man always throws himself on the side of his assailants. It is more his interest than it is theirs to find his weak point.

For the world was built in order around the atoms march in tune; Rhyme the pipe, and Time the warder, The sun obeys them, and the moon.