There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any art.

It may almost be a question whether such wisdom as many of us have in our mature years has not come from the dying out of the power of temptation, rather than as the results of thought and resolution.

As to happiness in this life it is hardly compatible with that diminished respect which ever attends the relinquishing of labour.

There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any art.