Every man believes that he has a greater possibility.

What you are must always displease you, if you would attain to that which you are not.

Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, Or what's a heaven for?

If you aspire to the highest place, it is no disgrace to stop at the second, or even the third, place.

First, say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.

Slight not what's near through aiming at what's far.

Just as a cautious businessman avoids tying up all his capital in one concern, so, perhaps, worldly wisdom will advise us not to look for the whole of our satisfaction from a single aspiration.

I drink the wine of aspiration and the drug of illusion. Thus I am never dull.

He who stands on tiptoe does not stand firm.

If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it; Every arrow that flies feels the attraction of earth.