If God adds another day to our life, let us receive it gladly.
On him does death lie heavily, who, but too well known to all, dies to himself unknown.
The spirit in which a thing is given determines that in which the debt is acknowledged; it's the intention, not the face-value of the gift, that's weighed.
Fine conduct is always spontaneous.
When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.
What once were vices are manners now.