Better shun the bait, than struggle in the snare.
A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
Preserving health by too severe a rule is a worrisome malady.
Depend not on another, but lean instead on thyself...True happiness is born of self-reliance.
I define comfort as self-acceptance. When we finally learn that self-care begins and ends with ourselves, we no longer demand sustenance and happiness from others.
What if this weren't a hypothetical question?
Go often to the house of thy friend; for weeds soon choke up the unused path.