581
Not to attend at the door of the wealthy, and not to use the voice of petition—these constitute the best life of a man.
Hitopadesa.
582
What a man can do and suffer is unknown to himself till some occasion presents itself which draws out the hidden power. Just as one sees not in the water of an unruffled pond the fury and roar with which it can dash down a steep rock without injury to itself, or how high it is capable of rising; or as little as one can suspect the latent heat in ice-cold water.
Schopenhauer.