Not what you possess but what you do with what you have, determines your true worth.
The world is a republic of mediocrities, and always was.
A person with a clear purpose will make progress, even on the roughest road. A person with no purpose will make no progress, even on the smoothest road.
The actual well seen is ideal.
Nature is the time-vesture of God that reveals Him to the wise, and hides him from the foolish.
Song is the heroics of speech.