The worst time is always the present.

Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.

Men of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies, ay, and the same follies.

Patience and perseverance at lengthAccomplish more than anger or brute strength.

Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.

You've tried to reform what will not learn. Shut doors on traits that you wish were dead; They will open a window and return.

Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.