Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts. Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing. It comes soon enough. Your friends will know you better in the first minute you meet than your acquaintances will know you in a thousand years. You must first get along with yourself before you can get along with others.
Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.
And if they don't, they never were. A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent into the dark place where it leads. Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.