“Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.”
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Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.
For unflagging interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go reasonably well, certainly all other forms of success and achievement lose their importance by comparison.
It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that, in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things.
There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering.