There is nothing that Nature has made necessary which is more easy than death; we are longer a-coming into the world than going out of it; and there is not any minute of our lives wherein we may not reasonably expect it. Nay, it is but a momen'ts work, the parting of soul and body. What a shame is it then to stand in fear of anything so long that is over so soon!

You need a change of soul rather than a change of climate.

What is more insane than to vent on senseless things the anger that is felt towards men?

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.

Ignorance is the cause of fear.

Poverty needs much, avarice everything.

Where silence is not allowed, what then is permissible?