Frederic William Farrar

There is only one real failure in life that is possible, and that is, not to be true to the best one knows.

For although Claudius had been accused of gambling and drunkenness, not only were no worse sins laid to his charge, but he had successfully established some claim to being considered a learned man.

But in the life of every man there are influences of a far more real and penetrating character than those which come through the medium of schools or teachers.

I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless.

Never let a day pass that you will have cause to say, I will do better tomorrow.

Why do men fight who were born to be brothers?