Without love and laughter there is no joy; live amid love and laughter.
The mountains are in labour, the birth will be an absurd little mouse.
Virtuosi have been long remarked to have little conscience in their favorite pursuits. A man will steal a rarity who would cut off his hand rather than take the money it is worth. Yet, in fact, the crime is the same.
He will always be a slave who does not know how to live upon a little.
Pale Death beats equally at the poor man's gate and at the palaces of kings.
Tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.