“Don't judge those who try and fail. Judge only those who fail to try.”

“You can't hire someone to practice for you.”

“Life doesn't come with an instruction book; that's why we have fathers.”

“It's true; once you are a father, there's no turning back. Your heart strings as well as your purse strings are never again the same.”

“Oh, the difference between nearly right and exactly right.”

“My grief lies onward, and my joy behind.”

“O! that a man might know The end of this day's business, ere it come; But it sufficeth that the day will end, And then the end is known.”

“The bitter past, more welcome is the sweet.”