It is the failing of youth not to be able to restrain its own violence.

Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all. It sets the slave at liberty, carries the banished man home, and places all mortals on the same level, insomuch that life itself were a punishment without it.

It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.

The physician cannot prescribe by letter, he must feel the pulse.

It is not that we have so little time but that we lose so much. ... The life we receive is not short but we make it so; we are not ill provided but use what we have wastefully.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult

Sadness usually results from one of the following causes either when a man does not succeed, or is ashamed of his success.