Death either destroys or unhusks us. If it means liberation, better things await us when our burden s gone: if destruction, nothing at all awaits us; blessings and curses are abolished.

That comes too late that comes for the asking.

Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.

It is not how many books thou hast, but how good; careful reading profiteth, while that which is full of variety delighteth.

Nobody will keep the thing he hears to himself, and nobody will repeat just what he hears and no more.

Set aside a certain number of days, during which you shall be content with the scantiest and cheapest fare, with course and rough dress, saying to yourself the while: " Is this the condition that I feared?"

That is never too often repeated, which is never sufficiently learned.