Whenever evil befalls us, we ought to ask ourselves, after the first suffering, how we can turn it into good. So shall we take occasion, from one bitter root, to raise perhaps many flowers.
It's a rare person who wants to hear what he doesn't want to hear.
Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death.
Only some people get what they want. Those are the people who show up to get it.
I wanted to flag you down because my friend was bleeding. Someone stabbed him."
The average person thinks he isn't.
The happiest is the person who suffers the least pain; the most miserable who enjoys the least pleasure.