Life is short; this being so, who would pursue great things and not bear with what is at hand? These are the ways of madmen and men of evil counsel, at least in my judgment.

I think that fortune watcheth o'er our lives, surer than we. But well said: he who strives will find his goals strive for him equally.

It is wise to withhold one's heart and mind from men who think themselves superior.

A sweet thing, for whatever time, to revisit in dreams the dear dad we have lost.

Life is short, yet sweet.

When a wise man chooses a sane basis for his arguments, it is no great task to speak well.

He was a wise man who originated the idea of God.