We know the good, we apprehend it clearly; but we can't bring it to achievement.

One does nothing who tries to console a despondent person with word. A friend is one who aids with deeds at a critical time when deeds are called for.

The wise with hope support the pains of life.

He who can properly summarize many ideas in a brief statement, is a wise man.

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.

Why do we make so much of knowledge, struggle so hard to get some little skill not worth the effort?

The language of truth is simple.