“What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.”

“Whether one show one's self a man of genius in science or compose a song, the only point is, whether the thought, the discovery, the deed, is living and can live on.”

“A person hears only what they understand.”

“Duty is the demand of the hour.”

“He who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth.”

“Enthusiasm is the engine of success.”

“Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.”

“Activity is contagious.”