If virtue precede us every step will be safe.
True joy is a serene and sober motion; and they are miserably out so that take laughing for rejoicing; the seat of it is within, and there is no cheerfulness like the resolutions of a brave mind.
Haste trips up its own heels, fetters and stops itself.
Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
Nothing is ours except time.
What-so-ever the mind has ordained for itself, it has achieved