He only earns his freedom and his life Who takes them every day by storm.

Ambition and love are the wings to great deeds.

This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.

The human race is a monotonous affair. Most people spend the greatest part of their time working in order to live, and what little freedom remains so fills them with fear that they seek out any and every means to be rid of it.

Yes! to this thought I hold with firm persistence; The last result of wisdom stamps it true; He only earns his freedom and existence Who daily conquers them anew.

Nothing is more highly to be prized than the value of each day