2652  “Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the only one.”

1721  Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.

1350  To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.

960  In men of the highest character and noblest genius there is to be found an insatiable desire for honour, command, power, and glory.

809  Art is born of the observation and investigation of nature.