Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.

Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.

The good he scorned
Stalked off reluctant, like an ill-used ghost,
Not to return; or if it read more

The good he scorned
Stalked off reluctant, like an ill-used ghost,
Not to return; or if it did, in visits
Like those of angels, short and far between.

It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.

It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.

Common sense is perhaps the most equally divided, but surely the most underemployed, talent in the world.

Common sense is perhaps the most equally divided, but surely the most underemployed, talent in the world.

Trust in the Lord with all you do and you will be prosperous.

Trust in the Lord with all you do and you will be prosperous.

If you don't run your own life, somebody else will.

If you don't run your own life, somebody else will.

Knowledge and human power are synonymous.

Knowledge and human power are synonymous.

Forget the times of your distress, but never forget what they taught you.

Forget the times of your distress, but never forget what they taught you.

He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.

He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.