You can only acquire it successfully if you cease to feel any sense of shame.

No wind blows in favor of a ship without direction.

There is the need for someone against which our characters can measure themselves. Without a ruler, you won't make the crooked straight.

Who shrinks from knowledge of his calamities but aggravates his fear; troubles half seen, shall torture all the more.

It is equally a fault to believe all men or to believe none.

He who does not want to die should not want to live. For life is tendered to us with the proviso of death. Life is the way to this destination.

No man enjoys the true taste of life, but he who is ready and willing to quit it.