① I learned to love labour for labour’s own sake and for the independence and self-reliance which the ability to do something which the world wants done brings.

② One of the commonest mistakes we all make is spending ourselves on things whose value is below the value of the time they require.

③ Each study well pursued puts a key into the hand of the scholar, by which he may unlock one of the doors of the world, which would otherwise be closed to him.