Bear in mind, that if through toil you accomplish a good deed, that toil will quickly pass from you, the good deed will not leave you so long as you live; but if through pleasure you do anything dishonourable, the pleasure will quickly pass away, that dishonourable act will remain with you for ever.
We cannot avoid meeting great issues. All that we can determine for ourselves is whether we shall meet them well or ill.
Life is short, and Art long; the crisis fleeting; experience perilous, and decision difficult.