Whatever has overstepped its due bounds is always in a state of instability.

God has given some gifts to the whole human race, from which no one is excluded.

Our life's a moment and less than a moment, but even this mite nature has mockingly humored with some appearance of a longer span.

Those whom fortune has never favored are more joyful than those whom she has deserted.

Those that are a friend to themselves are sure to be a friend to all.

The hour which gives us life begins to take it away.

If ever you come upon a grove of ancient trees which have grown to an exceptional height, shutting out a view of sky by a veil of pleached and intertwining branches, then the loftiness of the forest, the seclusion of the spot and your marvel at the thick unbroken shade in the midst of the open spaces, will prove to you the presence of deity.