Hope animates the wise, and lures the presumptuous and indolent who repose inconsiderately on her promises.
Sometimes a lengthened period of prosperity melts away in a moment; just as the heat of summer flies before a day of tempest.
We are dismayed when we find that even disaster cannot cure us of our faults.
You are not born for fame if you don't know the value of time.
Ignorance is not lack of intelligence, nor knowledge a proof of genius.
Those who fear men like laws.