All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
None are so busy as the fool and knave.
Refuse to be ill. Never tell people you are ill; never own it to yourself. Illness is one of those things which a man should resist on principle.
The hands behind me gave me another shove.
I know that you believe that you understood what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.
I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars.
I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming... suddenly you find - at the age of 50, say - that a whole new life has opened before you.