If we were supposed to talk more than we listen, we would have two mouths and one ear. If all the year were playing holidays, to sport would be as tedious as work. It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence. The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it.
Some temptations come to the industrious, but all temptations attack the idle.
All things are difficult before they are easy. Faith is believing it will come true. Work is making it come true. Each man must work for himself, and unless he so works, no outside help can avail him.