On the pinnacle of success man does not stand firm long.
Traveling is like gambling: it is always connected with winning and losing and generally where it is least expected we receive, more or less than what we hoped for.
To act is easy; to think is hard.
Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.
A man doesn't learn to understand anything unless he loves it.
No doubt you are right... there would be far less suffering amongst mankind if men... did not employ their imaginations so assiduously in recalling the memory of past sorrow, instead of bearing their present lot with equanimity.