That day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
Greed's worst point is its ingratitude.
How much better to pursue a straight course and eventually reach that destination where the things that are pleasant are the things that are honorable finally become, for you, the same.