“Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear.”
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Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man but if anything is within the powers and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also.
Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else.
Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.
Do every act of your life as if it were your last.