The book-keeping of benefits is simple: it is all expenditure; if any one returns it, that is clear gain; if he does not return it, it is not lost, I gave it for the sake of giving.

I know that nothing comes to pass but what God appoints; our fate is decreed, and things do not happen by chance, but every man's portion of joy and sorrow is predetermined.

On him does death lie heavily, who, but too well known to all, dies to himself unknown.

Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.

Our fears vanish as the danger approaches.

It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness. As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.

When you die, it will not be because you are sick, but because you were alive.