To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat. >>
Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt. >>
The difficulties which I meet with in order to realize my existence ar >>
When it is dark enough, you can see the stars. >>
I don't like people who have never fallen or stumbled. Their virtue is >>
Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body. >>
The difficulties which I meet with in order to realize my existence are precisely what awaken and mobilize my activities, my capacities.