The true corpse is not the body (...), but that which has ceased to live.
How lucky you are to have great intelligence: you never run out of stupid things to say.
Anton Chekhov
Everyone was born to be happy, but they are alive.
Hiago Rodrigues Reis de Queirós
Simplicity of character is the natural result of deep reasoning.
William Hazlitt
Our spirit is made of disorder, plus a desire to order things.
Paul Valery
It's not because certain things are difficult that we don't dare. It is precisely because we do not dare that such things are difficult!
Seneca