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

Small, therefore, can we think the progress we have made, as long as our admiration for those who have done noble things is barren, and does not of itself incite us to imitate them.

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.

For though all persons are equally subject to the caprice of fortune, yet all good men have one advantage she cannot deny, which is this, to act reasonably under misfortunes.