Death is Nature's expert advice to get plenty of Life.

Every man bears something within him that, if it were publicly announced, would excite feelings of aversion.

Who never ate his bread in sorrow, Who never spent the darksome hours Weeping, and watching for the morrow,- He knows you not, ye heavenly Powers.

Plunge boldly into the thick of life!

Deny yourself! You must deny yourself! That is the song that never ends.

Always to distrust is an error, as well as always to trust.

Wood burns because it has the proper stuff for that purpose in it; and a man becomes renowned because he has the necessary stuff in him. Renown is not to be sought, and all pursuit of it is vain. A person may, indeed, by skillful conduct and various artificial means, make a sort of name for himself; but if the inner jewel is wanting, all is vanity, and will not last a day.