He can neither speak nor walk nor eat, in fact he can do nothing by natural instinct alone except weep. Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly. Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so. We live and learn, but not the wiser grow. We may become the makers of our fate when we have ceased to pose as its prophets.
Parents are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children.
They don't fulfill the promise of their early years. For when we think too much of ourselves and our own interests, we easily become despondent. Our happiness in this world depends on the affections we are enabled to inspire. The nicest thing about not planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise, and is not preceded by a period of worry and depression. It is they and they alone who found religious and create great works of art.