There is no such thing as an insignificant enemy

There are toys for all ages

Youth lives on hope, old age on remembrance

To turn an obstacle to one's advantage is a great step towards victory

Misfortunes are, in morals, what bitters are in medicine: each is at first disagreeable; but as the bitters act as corroborants to the stomach, so adversity chastens and ameliorates the disposition

Beauty, unaccompanied by virtue, is as a flower without perfume

Every art requires the whole person