“If thou follow thy star, thou canst not fail of a glorious heaven.”

“Our ideals are our better selves”

“We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished plans, finding our failures were successes”

“Life has a higher end, than to be amused. ”

“Consider your origin; you were not born to live like brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge”

“Small projects need much more help than great ones”