What an enthusiasm was that of Columbus, who, believing in the existence of a new world, braved the dangers of unknown seas; and when those about him despaired and rose up against him, threatening to cast him into the sea, still stood firm upon his hope and courage until the great new world at length rose upon the horizon! The brave man will not be baffled, but tries and tries again until he succeeds.

The tree does not fall at the first stroke, but only by repeated strokes and after great labour.

We may see the visible success at which a man has arrived, but forget the toil and suffering and peril through which it has been achieved.

When a friend of Marshal Lefevre was complimenting him on his possessions and good fortune, the Marshal said: "You envy me, do you?
Well, you shall have these things at a better bargain than I had.

Come into the court: I'll fire at you with a gun twenty times at thirty paces, and if I don't kill you, all shall be your own.