Courage leads to heaven; fear leads to death.

Virtue hath no virtue if it be not impugned; then appeareth how great it is, of what value and power it is, when by patience it approveth what it works.

What a vile and abject thing is man if he do not raise himself above humanity.

Levity of behavior is the bane of all that is good and virtuous.

I know that nothing comes to pass but what God appoints; our fate is decreed, and things do not happen by chance, but every man's portion of joy and sorrow is predetermined.

That which we are not permitted to have we delight in; that which we can have is disregarded.

There exists no more difficult art than living.