“Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely.”
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The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.
Whatever the universal nature assigns to any man at any time is for the good of that man at that time.
That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees.
Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a misfortune' but 'To bear this worthily is good fortune.'