You will die not because you're ill, but because you're alive.

To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none

Wisdom teaches us to do, as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a colour.

We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing.

Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.

The things that are essential are acquired with little bother; it is the luxuries that call for toil and effort.

A good character is the only guarantee of everlasting, carefree happiness.