It is possible that a man could live twice as long if he didn't spend the first half of his life acquiring habits that shortens the other half

The rest of the world lives to eat, while I eat to live.

There is no possession more valuable than a good and faithful friend.

She soars on her own wings.

Understanding a question is half an answer.

The hour of departure has arrived and we go our ways; I to die, and you to live. Which is better? Only God knows.

A painter will paint a cobbler, carpenter, or any other artist, though he knows nothing of their arts; and, if he is a good artist, he may deceive children or simple persons, when he shows them his picture of a carpenter from a distance, and they will fancy that they are looking at a real carpenter.