What I value most next to eternity is time.
I love victory, but I love not triumph.
The root of sanctity is sanity. A man must be healthy before he can be holy. We bathe first, and then perfume.
Time is the shower of Danae; each drop is golden.
Old age is the night of life, as night is the old age of the day. Still, night is full of magnificence; and, for many, it is more brilliant than the day.
There are not good things enough in life to indemnify us for the neglect of a single duty.