Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
It is impossible to walk rapidly and be unhappy.
What makes the engine go? Desire, desire, desire.
He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.
Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.
We bear the world and we make it... There was never a great man who had not a great mother - it is hardly an exaggeration.