Everybody likes to go their own way--to choose their own time and manner of devotion.
The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.
If your parents never had children, chances are you won't, either.
Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others.
Whatever you fear most has no power - it is your fear that has the power.
You can't have a light without a dark to stick it in.
There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice.