The absence of temptation is the absence of virtue. The future hides in it gladness and sorrow. The coward only threatens when he is safe. The mortal race is far too weak not to grow dizzy on unwonted heights. Riches amassed in haste will diminish, but those collected by little and little will multiply.
Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it.
Others do just the same with their time. He who is firm in will molds the world to himself. All work of man is as the swimmer's. As beauteous is the world, and many a joy Floats through its wide dominion. But, alas, When we would seize the winged good, it flies, And step by step, along the path of life, There's nothing true but Heaven.