Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly, even if they roll a few more upon it.
Free man is by necessity insecure; thinking man by necessity uncertain.
You have come into a hard world. I know of only one easy place in it, and that is the grave.
Against necessity, against its strength, no one can fight and win.
A wise man never refuses anything to necessity.
When necessity speaks, it demands.
How base a thing it is when a man will struggle with necessity! We have to die.
Whatever is-is best.
Anything in life that we don't accept will simply make trouble for us until we make peace with it.
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
Much sheer effort goes into avoiding the truth; left to itself, it sweeps in like the tide.
We win half the battle when we make up our minds to take the world as we find it, including the thorns.
A man must live in the world and make the best of it, such as it is.
There are some people that you cannot change, you must either swallow them whole or leave them alone.
The world is not to be put in order, the world is order incarnate. It is for us to put ourselves in unison with this order.
God asks no man whether he will accept life. This is not the choice. You must take it. The only question is how.
There is no cure for birth or death save to enjoy the interval.
No man can have society upon his own terms.
The most popular persons are those who take the world as it is, who find the least fault.
If you bear the cross unwillingly, you make it a burden, and load yourself more heavily; but you must bear it.
