“It is only a step from the sublime to the ridiculous. . .”
—Bonaparte Napoleon
“It is only a step from the sublime to the ridiculous. . .”
—Bonaparte Napoleon
“Hasten slowly. . .”
—Suetonius
“All my possessions for a moment of time. . .”
—Elizabeth I of England
“Genius does what it must, and Talent does what it can. . .”
—Owen Meredith, Earl of Lytton
“Our life is frittered away by detail. . .Simplify, simplify. . .”
—Henry David Thoreau
“If the good people in their wisdom shall see fit to keep me in the background, I have been too familiar with disappointments to be very much chagrined. . .”
—Abraham Lincoln
“There is always room at the top!”
—Daniel Webster
“Procrastination is the thief of time. . .”
—Edward Young
“Slow and steady wins the race. . .”
—Robert Lloyd
“I am happiest when I am idle—I could live for months without performing any kind of labour—and at the expiration of that time I should feel fresh and vigorous enough to go right on in the same way for numerous more months. . .”
—Artemus Ward (Charles Farrar Browne)