Henry Rider Haggard

For if one had real faith one would always persevere, knowing that in every work undertaken with high aim, there is an element of nobility, however humble and unrecognised that work may seem to be.

Terrible is the lot of a man who, while still young and possessing the intellect necessary to achievement, is deprived of all ambition.

A hobby is only really amusing when it becomes an obsession.

I am bound to add that Bastin never went wrong because he never felt the slightest temptation to do so. This I suppose constitutes real virtue, since, in view of certain Bible sayings, the person who is tempted and would like to yield to the temptation, is equally a sinner with the person who does yield.