“And gain is gain, however small”

“The true way to gain much, is never to desire to gain too much”

“Men judge us by the success of our efforts. God looks at the efforts themselves”

“The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible - and achieve it, generation after generation”

“A minute's success pays the failure of years”

“Pleasure must succeed to pleasure, else past pleasure turns to pain”