Laziness is the mother of all evils.

To give birth is a fearsome thing; there is no hating the child one has borne even when injured by it.

A day lays low and lifts up again all human things.

Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, to speak dishonorably is pardonable.

There is no witness so terrible, no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us.

Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.

Wisdom is a dreadful thing when it brings no knowledge to its possessor.