No one can hurry me down to Hades before my time, but if a man's hour is come, be he brave or be he coward, there is no escape for him when he has once been born.
I detest the man who hides on thing in the depths of his heart and speaks forth another.
What so tedious as a twice-told tale?
The single best augury is to fight for one's country.
It is equally offensive to speed a guest who would like to stay and to detain one who is anxious to leave.
The charity that is a trifle to us can be precious to others.