“The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul
“Every present state of a simple substance is the natural consequence of its preceding state, in such a way that its present is big with its future
“Our grand business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand
“A baby will make love stronger, days shorter, nights longer, bankroll smaller, home happier, clothes shabbier, the past forgotten, and the future worth living for
“If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with success unexpected in common hours