While we teach, we learn.

He may as well not thank at all, who thanks when none are by.

In a moment the ashes are made, but a forest is a long time growing.

Not a soul takes thought how well he may live- only how long: yet a good life might be everybody's, a long one can be nobody's.

Before old age I took care to live well; in old age I take care to die well; but to die well is to die willingly.

Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.

Life is most delightful on the downward slope.