It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.
I am not an adventurer by choice but by fate.
Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule - and both commonly succeed, and are right.
Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue.
The only time to buy these is on a day with no 'y' in it.
Keep on going and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down.
I stand in awe of my body.