Hares can gambol over the body of a dead lion.
Obscurity is a good thing. You can fail in obscurity. It removes the fear of failure.
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.
Let not the sands of time get in your lunch.
Arguments are to be avoided; they are always vulgar and often convincing.
Never be a cynic, even a gentle one. Never help out a sneer, even at the devil.
When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved not enough.