The compulsion of fate is bitter.
An illusion which makes me happy is worth a verity which drags me to the ground.
To do nothing by halves is the way of noble spirits.
The cleverest of all the devils is Opportunity.
It is commonly a dangerous thing for a man to have more sense than his neighbors. Socrates paid for his superiority with his life; and if Aristotle saved his skin, it was by taking to his heels in time.
Endurance is the prerogative of woman, enabling the gentlest to suffer what would cause terror to manhood.