I needn't tell you that success and failure prove nothing - the whole thing is a lottery. It's pleasant to succeed; but for a philosophic mind it oughtn't to be very upsetting to fail.
Travelling is like a novel: it's what happens that counts.
You, stupid one, who believe in laws which punish murder by murder...
Life is a succession of afflictions for the heart.
Life in common among people who love each other is the ideal of happiness.
... everyone's free to embark on either a great clipper or a little fishing boat. An artist is an explorer who oughtn't to shrink from anything: it doesn't matter whether he goes to the left or the right -- his goal sanctifies all.