Ability

"We shall generally find that the triangular person has got into the square hole, the oblong into the triangular, and a square person has squeezed himself into the round hole."

"Who does the best his circumstance allows Does well, acts nobly; angels could no more."

"He could raise scruples dark and nice, And after solve em in a trice: As if Divinity had catchd The itch, on purpose to be scratchd."

"A Traveler at Sparta, standing long upon one leg, said to a Lacedaemonian, "I do not believe you can do as much." "True," said he, "but every goose can."

"There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability."

"The world is like a board with holes in it, and the square men have got into the round holes."

"As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities."

"Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire."

"Breath is strange, if you hold it for too long you run out."

"A Dwarf on a Giants shoulder sees farther of the two."

"Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability."

"I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything; but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do."