It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few. – Pythagoras

It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and to prefer things in measure to things in excess. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved. – Ralph Waldo Emerson