'Tis the maddest trick a man can ever play in his whole life, to let his breath sneak out of his body without any more ado, and without so much as a rap o'er the pate, or a kick of the guts; to go out like the snuff of a farthing candle, and die merely of the mulligrubs, or the sullens.

History is the depository of great actions, the witness of what is past, the example and instructor of the present, and monitor to the future.

He that gives quickly gives twice.

The woman who is resolved to be respected can make herself be so even amidst an army of soldiers.

The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the sum of his own works.

He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

For neither good nor evil can last for ever; and so it follows that as evil has lasted a long time, good must now be close at hand.