It's best to have failure happen early in life. It wakes up the Phoenix bird in you so you rise from the ashes.
I wasn't afraid to fail. Something good always comes out of failure.
Idleness is a constant sin, and labor is a duty. Idleness is the devil's home for temptation and for unprofitable, distracting musings; while labor profit others and ourselves.
In necessary things, unity; in doubtful things, liberty; in all things, charity.
See into life, don't just look at it.
My grandfather Frank Lloyd Wright wore a red sash on his wedding night. That is glamour!