The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as best.
We are led on, like little children, by a way we know not.
In so complex a thing as human nature, we must consider it is hard to find rules without exception.
I would not creep along the coast but steer Out in mid-sea, by guidance of the stars.
I think what we call the dullness of things is a disease in ourselves. Else how could anyone find an intense interest in life? And many do.
Joy and sorrow are both my perpetual companions, but the joy is called Past and the sorrow Present.