People demand freedom only when they have no power.

Death is better than disease.

Yes, we must ever be friends; and of all who offer you friendship Let me be ever the first, the truest, the nearest and dearest.

I am weary of your quarrels, Weary of your wars and bloodshed, Weary of your prayers for vengeance, Of your wranglings and dissensions

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.

For age is opportunity no less Than youth itself, though in another dress, And as the evening twilight fades away The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.

Life hath quicksands, Life hath snares!