Lightning strikes the tops of the mountains.
Ridicule more often settles things more thoroughly and better than acrimony.
Help a man against his will and you do the same as murder him.
Punishment follows close on crime.
Nor has he lived in vain, who from his cradle to his grave has passed his life in seclusion.
In the midst of hopes and cares, of apprehensions and of disquietude, regard every day that dawns upon you as if it was to be your last; then super-added hours, to the enjoyment of which you had not looked forward, will prove an acceptable boon.