It takes the whole of life to learn how to live, and - even more surprising - it takes the whole of life to learn how to die.

He robs present ills of their power who has perceived their coming beforehand.

What others think of us would be of little moment did it not, when known, so deeply tinge what we think of ourselves.

You want to live-but do you know how to live? You are scared of dying-and, tell me, is the kind of life you lead really any different from being dead?

Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

The real compensation of a right action is inherent in having performed it.

Nothing is so false as human life, nothing so treacherous. God knows no one would have accepted it as a gift, if it had not been given without our knowledge.