The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
There is still a difference between something and nothing, but it is purely geometrical and there is nothing behind the geometry.
Act as if it were impossible to fail.
You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him up to a heavy load.
Preserving health by too severe a rule is a worrisome malady.
Hope is tomorrow's veneer over today's disappointment.
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.