If we are ever in doubt what to do, it is a good rule to ask ourselves what we shall wish on the morrow that we had done.

If we succeed in giving the love of learning, the learning itself is sure to follow.

When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace.

In truth, people can generally make time for what they choose to do; it is not really the time but the will that is wanting.

you must be careful never to allow doubt to paralyze you. always take the decisions you need to take, even if you're not sure you're doing the right thing. You'll never go wrong if, when you make a decision, you keep in mind an old German proverb: 'The devil is in the detail.' Remember that proverb and you'll always be able to turn a wrong decision into a right one.

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.