Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm; great good fortune comes to failure in the end. All is change; all yields its place and goes; to persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man. The coward despairs.
The gift of a bad man can bring no good.
The God knows when to smile.
Happiness is brief. It will not stay. God batters at its sails.
Men honor property above all else; it has the greatest power in human life.
Account no man happy till he dies.