In a moment the ashes are made, but a forest is a long time growing.
We should conduct ourselves not as if we ought to live for the body, but as if we could not live without it.
There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.
Those that are a friend to themselves are sure to be a friend to all.
If you will fear nothing, think that all things are to be feared.
Anyone can stop a man's life, but no one his death; a thousand doors open on to it.