Wise men are able to make a fitting use even of their enmities. - Plutarch

When someone asked Demaratus why the Spartans disgrace those who throw away their shields but not those who abandon their breastplates or helmets, he said that they put the latter on for their own sakes but the shield for the sake of the whole line.

Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little.

The future bears down upon each one of us with all the hazards of the unknown. The only way out is through.