Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far.
It is wonderful how quickly you get used to things, even the most astonishing.
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
The world tolerates conceit from those who are successful, but not from anybody else.
Anyone who has gumption knows what it is, and anyone who hasn't can never know what it is. So there is no need of defining it.
I have never been especially impressed by the heroics of people who are convinced they are about to change the world. I am more awed by those who struggle to make one small difference after another.
All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance.
