Choose to be happy. It is what we have all done.
A camel makes an elephant feel like a jet plane.
I have been through a lot and have suffered a great deal. But I have had lots of happy moments, as well. Every moment one lives is different from the other. The good, the bad, hardship, the joy, the tragedy, love, and happiness are all interwoven into one single, indescribable whole that is called life. You cannot separate the good from the bad. And perhaps there is no need to do so, either.
We should all do something to right the wrongs that we see and not just complain about them.
Once you can express yourself, you can tell the world what you want from it. All the changes in the world, for good or evil, were first brought about by words.
If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.
If you want things to be right, you have to do them yourself
I get a great high from writing.
Too much beauty, I reckon, is nothing but too much sun.
Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain.
If you are poor now, Aemilianus, you will always be poor. Riches are now given to none but the rich.