If you want a person's faults, go to those who love him. They will not tell you, but they know.
Going for character: why not now, and where you stand?
The difficulty is not to write, but to write what you mean.
Fear is the strong passion; it is with fear that you must trifle, if you wish to taste the intensest joys of living.
Keep busy at something: a busy person never has time to be unhappy.
Even if the doctor does not give you a year, even if he hesitates about a month, make one brave push and see what can be accomplished in a week.