A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.
There is an ancient saying, famous among men, that thou shouldst not judge fully of a man's life before he dieth, whether it should be called blest or wretched.
We have only a little time to please the living. But all eternity to love the dead.
God's dice always have a lucky roll.
The Most beautiful human deed, is to be useful to others.
Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.