We all sorely complain of the shortness of time, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our lives are either spent in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to do. We are always complaining that our days are few, and acting as though there would be no end of them.

Life is divided into three periods: that which has been, that which is, that which will be. Of these the present is short, the future is doubtful, the past is certain.

Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity.

Men love their country, not because it is great, but because it is their own.

Let no man give advice to others that he has not first given himself.

The expression of truth is simplicity.

Money has never yet made anyone rich.