The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But the righteous are like carvings upon stone, For their smallest act is durable.

Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.

My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.

Force without reason falls of its own weight.

Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on what is obscure.

The question is yet before the court.

Get money first; virtue comes after.