Knowledge is the hill which few may wish to climb; Duty is the path that all may tread.
--Lewis Morris

Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them.
--Aristotle

Know then, whatever cheerful and serene Supports the mind, supports the body too:
Hence, the most vital movement mortals feel is hope, the balm and lifeblood of the soul. Our greatest good, and what we can least spare, is hope: the last of all our evils, fear.
--John Armstrong, Art of Preserving Health

For the hopes of men have been justly called waking dreams.
--Saint Basil