Be prepared to go mad with fixed rule and method.
I was what you are, you will be what I am.
As shines the moon amid the lesser fires.
He can afford to be a fool.
The secret of all good writing is sound judgment.
In the midst of hopes and cares, of apprehensions and of disquietude, regard every day that dawns upon you as if it was to be your last; then super-added hours, to the enjoyment of which you had not looked forward, will prove an acceptable boon.