Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it…
Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.
Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.
If there was nothing wrong in the world there wouldn't be anything for us to do.
A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it; it would be hell on earth.
There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.