You will die not because you're ill, but because you're alive.
I was shipwrecked before I got aboard.
Religion worships God, while superstition profanes that worship.
The spirit in which a thing is given determines that in which the debt is acknowledged; it's the intention, not the face-value of the gift, that's weighed.
What were once vices are the fashion of the day.
The way to good conduct is never too late.