Conscience warns us as a friend before it punishes us as a judge.
I know no real worth but that tranquil firmness which seeks dangers by duty, and braves them without rashness.
Nothing but religion is capable of changing pains into pleasures.
He who fears death dies every time he thinks of it.
To make good use of life, one should have in youth the experience of advanced years, and in old age the vigor of youth.
The earliest desire of succeeding is almost always a prognostic of success.