Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own; he who, secure within, can say, tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.

Deathless laurel is the victor's due.

It is a madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because in herself she is nothing, can rule nothing, but is ruled by prudence.

To breed up the son to common sense is evermore the parent's least expense.

Reason to rule, mercy to forgive: The first is law, the last prerogative. Life is an adventure in forgiveness.

You see through love, and that deludes your sight, As what is straight seems crooked through the water.

Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten.