The storm is master. Man, as a ball, is tossed twixt winds and billows.
Peace is rarely denied to the peaceful.
The average estimate themselves by what they do, the above average by what they are.
A brave man hazards life, but not his conscience.
Whoever fails to turn aside the ills of life by prudent forethought, must submit to fulfill the course of destiny.
Many a smiling face hides a mourning heart; but grief alone teaches us what we are.