Truth is the shattered mirror strewn in myriad bits; while each believes his little bit the whole to own
Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb, with great labor, and incessant anxiety, but never reach the top.
The men who succeed are the efficient few. They are the few who have the ambition and will power to develop themselves.
Health indeed is a precious thing, to recover and preserve which we undergo any misery, drink bitter potions, freely give our goods: restore a man to his health, his purse lies open to thee