No man finds it difficult to return to nature except the man who has deserted nature.

No man was ever wise by chance.

Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity.

Truth never perishes.

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right." "True happiness is ... to enjoy the present" "It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.

A man who suffers or stresses before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary

A dwarf can stand on a mountain, he's no taller.