Self-destruction is the effect of cowardice in the highest extreme.

The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.

It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of lions.

The best of men cannot suspend their fate; The good die early, and the bad die late.

Though I don't like the crew, I won't sink the ship. In fact, in time of storm I'll do my best to save it. You see, we are all in this craft and must sink or swim together.

Not the man in the moon, not the groaning-board, not the speaking of friar Bacon's brazen- head, not the inspiration of mother Shipton, or the miracles of Dr. Faustus, things as certain as death and taxes, can be more firmly believed.

Thus we never see the true state of our condition till it is illustrated to us by its contraries, nor know how to value what we enjoy, but by the want of it.