Equidem vita, quam beatam dicimus, celso loco sita est; arcta (ut aiunt) ad illam ducit via. Multi quoque colles intereminent, et de virtute in virtutem praeclaris gradibus ambulandum est; in summo finis est omnium et viae terminus, ad quem peregrinatio nostra disponitur.

If you want to be truly happy and successful, get ready to climb up a steep, narrow path. Mountains stand in your way, and you'll have to achieve greater and greater things on the way. At the very top is what everyone is striving for: the end of the road, where our wanderings all lead.

–Petrarch