What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely.

There is strong shadow where there is much light.

I am not omniscient, but I know a lot.

Few people have the imagination for reality.

The thinking person has the strange characteristic to like to create a fantasy in the place of the unsolved problem, a fantasy that stays with the person even when the problem has been solved and truth made its appearance.

How often do I lull my seething blood to rest, for you have never seen anything so unsteady, so uncertain, as this heart.

Since Time is not a person we can overtake when he is gone, let us honor him with mirth and cheerfulness of heart while he is passing.