Do a little more each day than you think you possibly can.

Separately there was only wind, water, sail, and hull, but at my hand the four had been given purpose and direction.

The ability to speak is a short cut to distinction. It puts a man in the limelight, raises him head and shoulders above the crowd.

He [T. E. Lawrence] had a genius for backing into the limelight.

The man who can speak acceptably is usually given credit for an ability out of all proportion to what he really possesses.

After the age of 80, everything reminds you of something else.