It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.

It is easier to go down a hill than up, but the view is best from the top

Laugh at your friends, and if your friends are sore; So much the better, you may laugh the more.

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.

The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in the household and the closet, than on the most memorable battlefields in history.

It is better to go down in infamy than to never go down at all.