The greatest chastisement that a man may receive who hath outraged another, is to have done the outrage; and there is no man who is so rudely punished as he that is subject to the whip of his own repentance.

Remember, not one penny can we take with us into the unknown land.

A person's fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.

Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness it is to be expecting evil before it comes.

A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners.

The man who does something under orders is not unhappy; he is unhappy who does something against his will.

No crime has been without a precedent.