Aristotle said: "Evil brings men together."

One swallow does not make a spring, nor does one fine day.

To die in order to avoid the pains of poverty, love, or anything that is disagreeable, is not the part of a brave man, but of a coward.

Great and frequent reverses can crush and mar our bliss both by the pain they cause and by the hindrance they offer to many activities. Yet nevertheless even in adversity nobility shines through, when a man endures repeated and severe misfortune with patience, not owing to insensibility but from generosity and greatness of soul.

When you are lonely, when you feel yourself an alien in the world, play Chess. This will raise your spirits and be your counselor in war

It is the active exercise of our faculties in conformity with virtue that causes happiness, and the opposite activities its opposite.

I seek to bring forth what you almost already know.