"But, after I have learned my trade, or rather finished learning it, there will be no more difficulties to overcome."
"Yes, there will. What trade do you mean to learn?"
"The carpenter's, I think."
"There may be an infinite variety in the trade."
"I know there may be, but there is not. One house must be very much like every other one, I don't think I could be contented to keep doing the same thing over and over again."
"If you wish to succeed, you must stick to your trade, Phil Farringford."
"Should I stick to it if I can do better at something else?"
"You must, at least, be very sure that you can do better at something else."
"Of course I shall; but, if I learn my trade, I shall always have it to fall back upon."
"That is very true; but I wish to impress it upon your mind that fickleness of purpose is fatal to any real success in morals, in science, and in business."