Letter to T H Lawrence:

Dear 338171 (May I call you 338?).

Noel Coward

People without firmness of character love to make up a fate for themselves; that relieves them of the necessity of having their own will and of taking responsibility for themselves.

Ivan Turgenev

In the matter of religion, people eagerly fasten their eyes on the difference between their own creed and yours; whilst the charm of the study is in finding the agreements and identities in all the religions of humanity.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Much effort, much prosperity.

Euripedes (480-406 BC)

If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort.

Weinbaum