What quick wit is found in sudden straits!

It is not, believe me, the act of a wise man to say, "I will live." To-morrow's life is too late; live to-day.

Tomorrow's life is too late. Live today.

No hero to me is the man who, by easy shedding of his blood, purchases fame: my hero is he who, without death, can win praise.

It is folly to waste labour about trifles.

Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds from genuine liberality, and benevolence; the other from pride or fear, or from the fact that you cannot take your money with you to the other world.

If pale beans bubble for you in a red earthenware pot, you can often decline the dinners of sumptuous hosts.