There has never been any great genius without a spice of madness.
The path of precept is long, that of example short and effectual.
Where reason fails, time oft has worked a cure.
The mind that is anxious about future events is miserable.
How much better to pursue a straight course and eventually reach that destination where the things that are pleasant are the things that are honorable finally become, for you, the same.
Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.