No man dies before his hour. The time you leave behind was no more yours, than that which was before your birth, and concerneth you no more.
Gentleness and repose are paramount to everything else in woman.
Wise people are foolish if they cannot adapt to foolish people.
Nor is it enough to toughen up his soul; you must also toughen up his muscles.
We are never present with, but always beyond ourselves; fear, desire, hope, still push us on toward the future.
Every period of life has its peculiar prejudices; whoever saw old age, that did not applaud the past, and condemn the present times?