The Rich Want Good Wine, The Poor,

There Are But Two Roads That Lead To An Important Goal And To The Doing Of Great Things: Strength And Perseverance. Strength Is The Lot Of But A Few Privileged Men; But Austere Perseverance, Harsh And Continuous, May Be Employed By The Smallest Of Us And Rarely Fails Of Its Purpose, For Its Silent Power Grows Irresistibly Greater With Time.

Superstition Is The Poetry Of Life. It Is Inherent In Man's Nature; And When We Think It Is Wholly Eradicated, It Takes Refuge In The Strangest Holes And Corners, Whence It Peeps Out All At Once, As Soon As It Can Do It With Safety.

Beware Of Wishing For Anything In Youth, Because You Will Get It In Middle Age.

He Is Happy As Well As Great Who Needs Neither To Obey Nor To Command In Order To Be Something.

If Only These Treasures Were Not So Fragile As They Are Precious And Beautiful.