“If it were not for hopes, the heart would break.”

“... One that would have the fruit must climb the tree... Great hopes make great men... Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship... All things are difficult before they are easy.... ”

“Great hopes make great men.”

“Many would be cowards if they had courage enough.”

“Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.”

“Govern thy life and thy thoughts as if the whole world were to see the one, and read the other.”

“It is said that the darkest hour of the night comes just before the dawn.”