“The post of honour is a private station”

“The secret of getting things done is to act!”

“If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in vain, and make life a greater dream and shadow than it really is. ”

“True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united. ”

“There is nothing like employment, active indispensable employment, for relieving sorrow.”

“Every act you have ever performed since the day you were born was performed because you wanted something”