He who has felt his own ruin will not imagine the case of any to be hopeless; nor will he think them too fallen to be worthy his regard.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
And one who is just of his own free will shall not lack for happiness; and he will never come to utter ruin.
He who overcomes himself is divine. Most see their ruin before their eyes; but they go on into it.
He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
With no matter what human being, taken individually, I always find reasons for concluding that sorrow and misfortune do not suit him; either because he seems too mediocre for anything so great, or, on the contrary, too precious to be destroyed.
A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still felt that man is nobler than the forces which destroy him.
Ruin is the destination toward which all men rush, each pursuing his own best interest in a society that believes in the freedom of the commons.
Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of all things.
But he who dies in despair has lived his whole life in vain.
Resolve to be thyself: and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery.
He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatness of soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected by the former is not likely to be transported with the later.