"We learn much by tribulation, and by adversity our hearts are made better."

"The machine was not perfect, but it was a beginning."

"We do not intend to fly for money, but for the love of the art."

"We had taken up the invention of the flying machine as a sport."

"The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who, in their dim terrestrial captivity, looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space…"