Genius has never been accepted without a measure of condonement.

The hour which gives us life begins to take it away.

Life is divided into three periods: that which has been, that which is, that which will be. Of these the present is short, the future is doubtful, the past is certain.

I know that nothing comes to pass but what God appoints; our fate is decreed, and things do not happen by chance, but every man's portion of joy and sorrow is predetermined.

Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.

No man enjoys the true taste of life, but he who is ready and willing to quit it.

Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all. It sets the slave at liberty, carries the banished man home, and places all mortals on the same level, insomuch that life itself were a punishment without it.