Some Feelings Are To Mortals Given With

All Live By Seeming. The Beggar Begs With It, And The Gay Courtier Gains Land And Title, Rank And Rule, By Seeming; The Clergy Scorn It Not, And The Bold Soldier Will Eke With It His Service.--all Admit It, All Practise It; And He Who Is Content With Showing What He Is, Shall Have Small Credit In Church, Or Camp, Or State.--so Wags The World.

He That Climbs A Ladder Must Begin At The First Round.

I Was Born A Scotsman And A Bare One. Therefore I Was Born To Fight My Way In The World.

He Is The Best Sailor Who Can Steer Within Fewest Points Of The Wind, And Exact A Motive Power Out Of The Greatest Obstacles.

Hope Is Brightest When It Dawns From Fears.