1490  Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.

931  Man is born a predestined idealist, for he is born to act. To act is to affirm the worth of an end, and to persist in affirming the worth of an end is to make an ideal.

756  The overman...Who has organized the chaos of his passions, given style to his character, and become creative. Aware of life's terrors, he affirms life without resentment.

974  Trifles light as air are to the jealous confirmations strong as proofs of holy writ.

698  I am constant as the northern star, of whose true fix'd and resting quality there is no fellow in the firmament.