Give me a life wherever there is an opportunity to live, and better life than was my father's.

The kind of man who always thinks that he is right, that his opinions, his pronouncements, are the final word, when once exposed shows nothing there. But a wise man has much to learn without a loss of dignity.

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.

Death is not the greatest of evils; it is worse to want to die, and not be able to.

Be a thrifty steward of thy goods.

Sleep, thou patron of mankind, Great physician of the mind Who does nor pain nor sorrow know, Sweetest balm of every woe.

Thoughts are mightier than strength of hand.