Refuse to let the thought of death bother you: nothing is grim when we have escaped that fear.
It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness. As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.
The soul has this proof of divinity: that divine things delight it.
Crime requires further crime to conceal it.
Other men's sins are before our eyes; our own are behind our backs.
The physician cannot prescribe by letter, he must feel the pulse.