The way is long if one follows precepts, but short... if one follows patterns.
What you think is the summit is only a step up
Prudence and love cannot be mixed; you can end love, but never moderate it.
What's the good of dragging up sufferings which are over, of being unhappy now just because you were then.
There is more heroism in self-denial than in deeds of arms.
Every one has time if he likes. Business runs after nobody: people cling to it of their own free will and think that to be busy is a proof of happiness.