Another year, another birthday. Growing wiser and gaining more life experience. However, with age comes growing old and sadly the time to face our inevitable demise. Unfortunately, such is the state of our lives.
A happy life is impossible, the highest thing man can aspire to is a heroic life; such as a man lives,who is always fighting against unequal odds for the good of others; and wins in the end without any thanks.
Man soon discovers that everything depends upon his being useful, not in his own opinion, but in the opinion of others; and so he tries his best to make that favourable impression upon the world, to which he attaches such a high value.