The only sin in the world is ignorance.

What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.

There is no more fatal blunderer than he who consumes the greater part of his life getting his living.

It is reasonable that a man should be something worthier at the end of the year than he was at the beginning.

It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

This world is a place of business. What an infinite bustle!

But perhaps a man is not required to bury himself.