He is the truly courageous man who never desponds.
Not too isolated, not too many relationships, the middle, that's wisdom.
Don't be concerned that you have no position; be concerned how you may fit yourself to occupy one. .
Worry not that no one knows you; seek to be worth knowing.
If a man keeps cherishing his old knowledge so as continually to be acquiring new, he may be a teacher of others.
You can successfully force people to follow a certain course, but you cannot force them to understand it.