Pale Death beats equally at the poor man's gate and at the palaces of kings.

Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them run up and down only on this side of the river. But those who when they know the law follow the path of the law, they shall reach the other shore and go beyond the realm of death.

Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers of kings.

He has not lived badly whose birth and death has been unnoticed by the world.

Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.

Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of instruction and the schoolmaster of life.

To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it those who have, fear it.

Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.

It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something to say when one has nothing to say, however, and none the less writes a whole book and makes truth into a liar - that I call an achievement.

Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation, plan carefully before making a move, and be alert in guarding against relapse following a renaissance.