It's a funny thing about life. If you refuse to accept nothing but the best, you very often get it.-W. Somerset Maugham 5. In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better aim at something high.-Henry David Thoreau 6. Success, remember, is the reward of toil.-Sophocles 7.
Life is a grindstone.
Whether it grinds us down or polishes us up depends on us. Thomas Holdcroft 8. By the work one knows the workman. It is the nature of man to err, but only the fool perseveres in error.-Cicero 10. Men were born to succeed, not to fail.