Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation, plan carefully before making a move, and be alert in guarding against relapse following a renaissance.

We are all gathered to the same fold.

The short span of life forbids us to take on far-reaching hopes.

One cannot know everything.

Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.

The man who is just and resolute will not be moved from his settled purpose, either by the misdirected rage of his fellow citizens, or by the threats of an imperious tryant.

Nothing is achieved without toil.