1. Success is sweet, the sweeter if long delayed and attained through maulfold struggles and defeats.
2. Much we learn only to forget it again; to stand by the goal, we must traverse all the way to it.
3. Shallow men believe in luck, strong men believe in cause and effect.
4. The secret of all great undertakings is hard work and self-reliance.
5. Great men are the modellers, patterns, and in a wide sense creators, of whatsoever the general mass of men contrived to do and attain.
6. Life is like the dice that, falling, still show a different face. So life, though it remains the same, is always presenting different aspects.
7. Life is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think.
8. One way to get the most out of life isto look upon it as an adventure.
9. Try not to become a man of success but a man of value.
10. First say to yourself what you would be;and then do what you have to do