Talent is truth on display.
The resolve to diet is most easily summoned on a full stomach.
My lousy way of getting it done is better than your great way of not doing it.
It is a rare man who can prevail in the face of comfort. Freedom is fragile and elusive, for rarely does the appreciation of it exceed the pleasure of being able to tell others what to do. There is but one tick on the accuracy scale between 'optimism' and 'denial.'
Most will choose to leave someone who can't bear to see them go.
How do we not rue the many unchosen paths in life? A blessed lack of imagination. There are enough real glories along any path to swamp our meager ability to picture alternatives.