Things often spring spontaneously to mind in a more finished form than could be achieved with great labor and thought.[Il arrive souvent que des choses se présentent plus achevées à notre esprit qu’il ne les pourrait faire avec beaucoup d’art.]
The state of mind which enables a man to do work of this kind is akin to that of the religious worshiper or the lover; the daily effort comes from no deliberate intention or program, but straight from the heart.
Surely there is no road of effort so steep but a loving deed may soften its harshness.
Nobody need be stupid if they try.
Luck is not chance – It’s Toil – Fortune’s expensive smile Is earned –
Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.
And many strokes, though with a little axe, hew down and fell the hardest-timbered oak.
