Capture the day, put minimum trust on tomorrow.

Pale death approaches with equal step, and knocks indiscriminately at the door of teh cottage, and the portals of the palace.

The man who is tenacious of purpose in a rightful cause is not shaken from his firm resolve by the frenzy of his fellow citizens clamoring for what is wrong, or by the tyrant's threatening countenance.

Most virtue lies between two vices.

Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.

In adversity be spirited and firm, and with equal prudence lessen your sail when filled with a too fortunate gale of prosperity.

It is your business when the wall next door catches fire.