What a great blessing is a friend with a heart so trusty you may safely bury all your secrets in it.
Philosophy is good advice, and no one gives good advice at the top of his lungs.
The physician cannot prescribe by letter, he must feel the pulse.
In a moment the ashes are made, but a forest is a long time growing.
The final hour when we cease to exist does not itself bring death; it merely of itself completes the death-process. We reach death at that moment, but we have been a long time on the way.
You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise.