Sometimes in life you have an appointment with destiny, and sometimes you just have to get destiny to squeeze you in. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators. – Edward Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Too aim is not enough, you must hit! – Proverb

There are no easy methods of learning difficult things; the method is to close your door, give out that you are not at home, and work. – Joseph de Maistre