Suicide is cheating the doctor out of job.
The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.
It ain't no disgrace for a man to fall, but to lie there and grunt is.
We should make virtue our master, not our servant.
As the flint contains the spark, unknown to itself, which the steel alone can awaken to life, so adversity often reveals to us hidden gems, which prosperity or negligence would forever have hidden.
Truth is the edict of God.