Say what we will, you may be sure that ambition is an error; its wear and tear of heart are never recompensed, -it steals away the freshness of life, -it deadens its vivid and social enjoyments, -it shuts our souls to our own youth, -and we are old ere we remember that we have made a fever and a labor of our raciest years.
What men want is not talent, it is purpose; in other words, not the power to achieve, but the will to labor.
A man's heart must be very frivolous if the possession of fame rewards the labor to attain it. For the worst of reputation is that it is not palpable or present - we do not feel or see or taste it.
Labour is the purgatory of the erring.
Prudence, patience, labor, valor; these are the stars that rule the career of mortals.
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