There is no excellence uncoupled with difficulties.
Although the power is lacking, the will is commendable.
Love is no assignment for cowards.
We have ploughed the vast ocean in a fragile bark.
All things human hang by a slender thread; and that which seemed to stand strong suddenly falls and sinks in ruins.
An anthill increases by accumulation. Medicine is consumed by distribution. That which is feared lessens by association. This is the thing to understand.