Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away

Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature

Remember this, - that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life

The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing

For all their compliments do verses pay? They mayn't, yet these same poems make me gay

Poverty is the mother of crime

Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish

A man's worth is no greater than the worth of his ambitions

How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.

Begin - to begin is half the work let half still remain again begin this, and thou wilt have finished.