That which Fortune has not given, she cannot take away.
The first and greatest punishment of the sinner is the conscience of sin.
There's one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude: confidence in self.
The mind does not easily unlearn what it has been long in learning.
It is the failing of youth not to be able to restrain its own violence.
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.