He who fears from near at hand often fears less.

Those who pass their lives in foreign travel find they contract many ties of hospitality, but form no friendships.

It is quality rather than quantity that matters.

Sadness usually results from one of the following causes either when a man does not succeed, or is ashamed of his success.

The swiftness of time is infinite, as is still more evident when we look back on the past.

Death takes us piecemeal, not at a gulp.

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.