Choose a subject equal to your abilities; think ca...

Choose a subject equal to your abilities; think carefully what your shoulders may refuse, and what they are capable of bearing.

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.

A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.

Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise.

Men more quickly and more gladly recall what they deride than what they approve and esteem.

Help a man against his will and you do the same as murder him.

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