Every path hath a puddle. – George Herbert, “Jacula Prudentum”

The dark and the light are braided and bound. – Marc Ian Barasch

Life is hard to bear. But do not pretend to be so frail! We are all good he-asses and she-asses of burden. – Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900), “Of Reading and Writing,” Thus Spake Zarathus

When you come to a roadblock, take a detour. – Mary Kay Ash