That last day does not bring extinction to us, but change of place.

History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time.

It is the soul itself which sees and hears, and not those parts which are, as it were, but windows to the soul.

Not to know what happened before you were born is to be a child forever. For what is the time of a man, except it be interwoven with that memory of ancient things of a superior age?

He does not seem to me to be a free man who does not sometimes do nothing.

A thankful heart is the greatest virtue.

Let the punishment match the offense.