If thou art a man, admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail.
We are taught for the schoolroom, not for life.
It is difficult to bring people to goodness with lessons, but it is easy to do so by example.
Happy he whoe'er, content with the common lot, with safe breeze hugs the shore, and, fearing to trust his skiff to the wider sea, with unambitious oar keeps close to the land.
Fidelity bought with money is overcome by money.
Life is most delightful on the downward slope.