Catch on fire with enthusiasm and people will come for miles to watch you
burn.

Catch on fire with enthusiasm and people will come for miles to watch you
burn.

Before the gates of excellence the high gods have placed sweat; long is the road thereto and rough and steep read more

Before the gates of excellence the high gods have placed sweat; long is the road thereto and rough and steep at first; but when the heights are reached, then there is ease, though grievously hard in the winning. - Works and Days.

An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled read more

An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought, and keeping the mind smooth and equable in the roughest weather.

Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will
be clean.

Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will
be clean.

There is always a way to go if you look for it.

There is always a way to go if you look for it.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

Chop your own wood, and it will warm you twice.

Chop your own wood, and it will warm you twice.

In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends.

In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends.

Great Spirit, help me never to judge another until I have walked in his
moccasins for two weeks.

Great Spirit, help me never to judge another until I have walked in his
moccasins for two weeks.