"All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we …" — Anatole France

There would be no great men if there were no little ones

Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.

Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.

The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.

Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied

For life, with all its yields of joy and woe, and hope and fear, believe the aged friend, is just a chance o' the prize of learning love

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