“It is an undoubted truth, that the less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in. One yawns, one procrastinates, one can do it when one will, and therefore one seldom does it at all.”

“There is
one art,
no more,
no less:
to do
all things
with art-
lessness.”

“It is never challenging when you only do one thing in life. It is difficult to do everything, but if you specialise in one thing, you can focus with your head bent over one single thing the whole day and you have less likelihood of getting things wrong.”

“Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.”

“When one has made a mistake, one says. "Another time I shall know what to do," when one should say is: "I already know what I shall really do another time."”

“What one has, one ought to use; and whatever he does, he should do with all his might.”

“But, with time, one has encountered many of the monsters, and one is increasingly less terrified of those still to be met.”

“It's amazing what one can accomplish when one doesn't know what one can't do.”

“One of the greatest discoveries a person makes, one of their great surprises, is to find they can do what they were afraid they couldn't do.”

“Participating in Society in not a thing one can do naturally; one has to rehearse for it.”