Genius darts, flutters, and tires; but perseverance wears and wins.

The all-day horse wins the race.

The afternoon-man wears off the laurels.

The last blow drives home the nail.
"Are your discoveries often brilliant intuitions ?" asked a reporter of Thomas A.Edison.

"Do they come to you while you are lying awake nights ?" "I never did anything worth doing by accident," was the reply, "nor did any of my inventions come indirectly through accident, except the phonograph.