Beware of dissipating your powers strive constantly to concentrate them.

Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.

Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others.

Accept whatever comes to you woven in the pattern of your destiny, for what could more aptly fit your needs?

A man whose strength gives out collapses along the course. In your case you set the limits beforehand.