Cowardice is not synonymous with prudence. It often happens that the better part of discretion is valor.
Man is a poetical animal, and delights in fiction.
Without life there can be no action — no objects of pursuit — no restless desires — no tormenting passions. Hence it is that we fondly cling to it — that we dread its termination as the close, not of enjoyment, but of hope.
Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.
No really great man ever thought himself so.
That which is not, shall never be; that which is, shall never cease to be. To the wise, these truths are self-evident.