I know of a charm by way of a prayer that will preserve a man from the violence of guns and all manner of fire-weapons and engines but it will do me no good because I do not believe it

In this mortal life, nothing is blessed throughout.

It is my feeling that Time ripens all things; with Time all things are revealed; Time is the father of truth.

I am going to seek a great purpose, draw the curtain, the farce is played.

One should never pursue the hazards of fortune to their very ends andit behooves all adventurers to treat their good luck with reverence, neither bothering nor upsetting it.

No clock is more regular than the belly.

If you wish to avoid seeing a fool, you must first break your mirror