Beware the pull on your heartstrings -- it's often the pursestrings that are actually being reached for.
Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion.
Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
The better part of valor is discretion, in the which better part I have saved my life.
I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming... suddenly you find - at the age of 50, say - that a whole new life has opened before you.
Get pleasure out of life...as much as you can. Nobody ever died from pleasure.
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.