It matters more how one gives than what one gives

Each instant of life is a step toward death.

He should be envied Who when his strength is spent lays down his life. Old age reserves a melancholy fate For noble souls before their life is done.

It matters more how one gives than what one gives

Brave men are brave from the very first.

One ought to have a good memory when he has told a lie

Alas, I emerge from one disaster to fall into a worse.