I shall endeavor to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality. Joseph Addison
The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue. Baruch Spinoza
No power of government ought to be employed in the endeavor to establish any system or article of belief on the subject of religion. Jeremy Bentham
To endeavor to work upon the vulgar with fine sense is like attempting to hew blocks with a razor. Alexander Pope
I am bound by my own definition of criticism a disinterested endeavor to learn and propagate the best that is known and thought in the world. Matthew Arnold
Endeavor to bear the ignorance of fortune with patience. Greek Proverb