"Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness." — Thomas Carlyle

Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us.

What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books.

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.

Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance - the cheerful man will do more in the same time, will do it; better, will preserve it longer, than the sad or sullen.