» Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed.
» By night an atheist half believes in God.
» Our birth is nothing but our death begun.
» The man that blushes is not quite a brute.
» The man that makes a character, makes foes.
» All men think that all men are mortal but themselves.
» Virtue alone has majesty in death.
» Illustrious examples engross, prejudice, and intimidate. They engross our attention, and so prevent a due inspection of ourselves; they prejudice our judgment in favor of their abilities, and so lessen the sense of our own; and they intimidate us with the
» Less base the fear of death than fear of life.
» The purpose firm is equal to the deed.