Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.
Confidence is the sexiest thing a woman can have. It's much sexier than any body part.
On the plus side, death is one of the few things that can be done just as easily lying down.
There is still a difference between something and nothing, but it is purely geometrical and there is nothing behind the geometry.
Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.