The high prize of life, the crowning fortune of man, is to be born with a bias to some pursuit which finds him in employment and happiness.

The crowning fortune of a man is to be born to some pursuit which finds him employment and happiness, whether it be to make baskets, or broad swords, or canals, or statues, or songs

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it. The man who knows how will always have a job. The man who also knows why will always be his boss. As to methods there

The only reward of virtue is virtue

Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting some on yourself.