There are no wise few. Every aristocracy that has ever existed has behaved, in all essential points, exactly like a small mob.
My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.
A tactical retreat is not a bad response to a surprise assault, you know. First you survive. Then you choose your own ground. Then you counterattack.
Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy those are who already possess it.
Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present.
He's simply got the instinct for being unhappy highly developed.
When they discover the center of the universe, a lot of people will be disappointed to discover they are not it.