"Every man's life is a train of choices, and every choice has a consequence."

"If a man has seen a snake, and has not been bitten, but has been frightened, he is not on that account the less afraid, although he may say, 'I am not afraid.'"

"It is our attitude toward events, not events themselves, which determines how we will act."

"If you are going to write, be content to be unlearned. If you are going to wrestle, be content to be beaten. For if you are not content with these things, you will not write, nor will you wrestle."

"Whoever is not content with what he has, would not be content with what he wishes to have."