For if he like a madman lived; At least he like a wise one died.

Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world. Yet from this lesson thou will learn to avoid the frog's foolish ambition of swelling to rival the bigness of the ox.

Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water.

I know who I am and who I may be, if I choose.

Where one door shuts another opens.

Lovers are commonly industrious to make themselves uneasy.

It's up to brave hearts, sir, to be patient when things are going badly, as well as being happy when they're going well ... For I've heard that what they call fortune is a flighty woman who drinks too much, and, what's more, she's blind, so she can't see what she's doing, and she doesn't know who she's knocking over or who she's raising up.