He Never Said It Would Be Easy,

Every Man Who Strikes Blows For Power, For Influence, For Institutions, For The Right, Must Be Just As Good An Anvil As He Is A Hammer.

A Man Who In The Struggles Of Life Has No Home To Retire To, In Fact Or In Memory, Is Without Life's Best Rewards And Life's Best Defences.

Of All The Scamps Society Knows, The Traditional Good Fellow Is The Most Despicable.

Nature Is The Master Of Talents; Genius Is The Master Of Nature.

If Have Got My Spindle And My Distaff Ready--my Pen And Mind--never Doubting For An Instant That God Will Send Me Flax.