Only some people get what they want. Those are the people who show up to get it.
O, it is excellent to have a giant's strength; but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant.
Have you ever observed that we pay much more attention to a wise passage when it is quoted than when we read it in the original author?
There is always more misery among the lower classes than there is humanity in the higher.
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 like coincidences. They make me wonder about destiny, and whether free will is an illusion or just a matter of perspective. They let me speculate on the idea of some master plan that, from time to time, we're allowed to see out of the corner of our eye.
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.