A Pessimist And An Optimist, So Much

Neither Blows From Pitchfork, Nor From The Lash, Can Make Him Change His Ways. [fr., Coups De Fourches Ni D'etriveres, Ne Lui Font Changer De Manieres.]

To Live Lightheartedly But Not Recklessly; To Be Gay Without Being Boisterous; To Be Courageous Without Being Bold; To Show Trust And Cheerful Resignation Without Fatalism - This Is The Art Of Living.

Often We Find Our Own Destiny On The Same Roads That We Have Been Avoiding.

By Time And Toil We Sever What Strength And Rage Could Never.

I Bend, But I Do Not Break.