To meditate an injury is to commit one.
Fate rules the affairs of men, with no recognizable order.
It is better to have useless knowledge than to know nothing.
The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.
There is nothing more despicable than an old man who has no other proof than his age to offer of his having lived long in the world.
The great pilot can sail even when his canvass is rent.