Persistence is key in mathematical research; many great results come from long struggles.
History is not the past. It is the method we have evolved of organizing our ignorance of the past.
理性服从自己;而无知则服从任何强加于它的东西。
I hold every man a debtor to his profession; from the which as men of course do seek to receive countenance and profit, so ought they of duty to endeavor themselves by way of amends to be a help and ornament thereunto.
I think the best thing you can do is to be true to yourself.