Tis not where we lie but whence we fell; the loss of Heaven's the greatest pain in Hell.

A good action is never lost; it is a treasure laid up and guarded for the doer's need.

Even in dreams doing good is not wasted.

No windows give a better view than those a man brings with him in his head, not asking for tickets of admission, since at all functions, festivals, or feasts he looks out with the same nice self-composure.

All must yield to the weight of years; conquest is not difficult for time.

For man's greatest crime is to have been born.

No virtue can be real that has not been tried. The gold in the crucible alone is perfect; the loadstone tests the steel, and the diamond is tried by the diamond, while metals gleam the brighter in the furnace.