One compensation of old age is that it excuses you from picnics.
A man must not deny his manifest abilities, for that is to evade his obligations.
Don't let ambition get so far ahead that it loses sight of the job at hand.
In many lines of wok, it isn't how much you do that counts, but how much you do well and how often you decide right.
The only thrill worthwhile is the one that comes from making something out of yourself.
An idea isn't worth much until a man is found who has the energy and ability to make it work.