In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

Miguel de Cervantes

Every man is the son of his own works.

Every man is the son of his own works.

Get the better of yourself - this is the best kind of victory.

Get the better of yourself - this is the best kind of victory.

God exalts the man who humbles himself.

God exalts the man who humbles himself.

Virtue is the truest nobility.

Virtue is the truest nobility.

A woman's advice has little value, but he who won't take it is a fool.

A woman's advice has little value, but he who won't take it is a fool.

Love is a power too strong to be overcome by anything but flight.

Love is a power too strong to be overcome by anything but flight.

Love not what you are but only what you may become.

Love not what you are but only what you may become.

Many littles make a lot.

Many littles make a lot.

Believe there are no limits but the sky.

Believe there are no limits but the sky.

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

Oft in my way have I stood still, though but a casual passenger, so much I felt the awfulness of life.

Oft in my way have I stood still, though but a casual passenger, so much I felt the awfulness of life.

We live by admiration, hope and love.

We live by admiration, hope and love.

There is created in the eye.

There is created in the eye.

Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher.

Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher.

Suffering is permanent, obscure and dark, And shares the nature of infinity.

Suffering is permanent, obscure and dark, And shares the nature of infinity.

Rest and be thankful.

Rest and be thankful.

Be mild, and cleave to gentle things, thy glory and thy happiness be there.

Be mild, and cleave to gentle things, thy glory and thy happiness be there.

The wise mind mourns less for what age takes away; than what it leaves behind.

The wise mind mourns less for what age takes away; than what it leaves behind.