啊,我的爱人,斟满那杯能清除今日对过去的悔恨和对未来的恐惧的酒:明天!——为什么,明天我可能和七千年前的昨天一样。
Ah, my Beloved, fill the Cup that clears TO-DAY of past Regrets and future Fears: To-morrow!—Why, To-morrow I may be Myself with Yesterday's Sev'n thousand Years.
Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard.
To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.
The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when to be obeyed.