Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well.

Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well.

Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters.

Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters.

Do your work; not just your work and no more, but a little more for the lavishing's sake -- that read more

Do your work; not just your work and no more, but a little more for the lavishing's sake -- that little more which is worth all the rest.

We're all stumbling towards the light with varying degrees of
grace at any given moment.

We're all stumbling towards the light with varying degrees of
grace at any given moment.

All man's miseries derive from not being able to sit quietly in a room
alone.

All man's miseries derive from not being able to sit quietly in a room
alone.

Much better to do one's own work even if you have to do it imperfectly
than it is to do read more

Much better to do one's own work even if you have to do it imperfectly
than it is to do somebody elses work perfectly.

Poverty of course is no disgrace, but it is damned annoying.

Poverty of course is no disgrace, but it is damned annoying.

I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.

I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.

Never tell me the odds.

Never tell me the odds.