He that does good to another does good also to himself, not only in the consequence but in the very act. For the consciousness of well-doing is in itself ample reward.
You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
He is greedy of life who is not willing to die when the world is perishing around him.
The willing, destiny guides them; the unwilling, destiny drags them.
Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
Beauty is such a fleeting blossom, how can wisdom rely upon its momentary delight?