About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all.
Don't ask to live in tranquil times. Literature doesn't grow there.
The process of writing, any form of creativity, is a power intensifying life.
One must fight for a life of action, not reaction.
Monogamy is contrary to nature but necessary for the greater social good.
Never hope for it more than you work for it.