There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.
“Never be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying or meditating or endeavoring something for the public good.”
“In order to have great happiness you have to have great pain and unhappiness - otherwise how would you know when you're happy?”