He may as well not thank at all, who thanks when none are by.

To things which you bear with impatience you should accustom yourself, and, by habit you will bear them well.

Life without the courage for death is slavery.

We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.

Reason wishes that the judgement it gives be just; anger wishes that the judgement it has given seem to be just.

I persist on praising not the life I lead, but that which I ought to lead. I follow it at a mighty distance, crawling

Our words should aim not to please, but to help.