It is seldom men think of death in the pride of their health and strength.
What will the axemen do, when they have cut their way from sea to sea?
No star seemed less than what science has taught us that it is.
The sight of a coward's blood can never make a warrior tremble.
Perfection is always found in maturity, whether it be in the animal or in the intellectual world. Reflection is the mother of wisdom, and wisdom the parent of success.
It is the fate of all things to ripen, and then to decay.