You never gain something but that you lose something.

A man must find his occasions in himself, it is true. The natural day is very calm, and will hardly reprove his indolence.

When the leaves fall, the whole earth is a cemetery pleasant to walk in. I love to wander and muse over them in their graves. Here are no lying nor vain epitaphs.

They will wait, well disposed, for others to remedy evil, that they may no longer have have it to regret.

The community has no bribe that will tempt a wise man.

The walls that fence our fields, as well as modern Rome, and not less the Parthenon itself, are all built of ruins.

Be as the sailor who keeps the polestar in his eye. By so doing we may not arrive at our port within a calculable period, but we will maintain a true course.