"Hope is but the dream of those who wake."

"I never think of the future - it comes soon enough."

"Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction."

"This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes."

"You will never win if you never begin."

"Of all duties, prayer certainly is the sweetest and most easy."

"All human wisdom is summed up in two words; wait and hope."

"If you count all your assets you always show a profit."

"I have no methods; all I do is accept people as they are."

"I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best."

"Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way."

"To advise is not to compel."

"Never find fault with the absent."

"A man must not deny his manifest abilities, for that is to evade his obligations."

"Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you."

"Success - keeping your mind awake and your desire asleep."

"Without labor nothing prospers."

"Only the educated are free."

"Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth."

"Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked."