Emulation is a noble and just passion, full of appreciation.
That which is so universal as death must be a benefit.
We are too prone to find fault; let us look for some of the perfections.
No, no! I do nature injustice. She gave us inventive faculty, and set us naked, and helpless on the shore of this great ocean,--the world; swim those who can, the heavy may go to the bottom.
Fear of death is worse than dying.
In a narrow circle the mind contracts. Man grows with his expanded needs.