Though we may be learned by another's knowledge, we can never be wise but by our own experience.
Take care that old age does not wrinkle your spirit even more than your face.
Tis so much to be a king, that he only is so by being so.
The births of all things are weak and tender and therefore we should have our eyes intent on beginnings.
No man profiteth but by the loss of others.
We are never present with, but always beyond ourselves; fear, desire, hope, still push us on toward the future.