Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.
We are free to yield to truth.
Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow.
Strange - is it not? That of the myriads who Before us passed the door of Darkness through, Not one returns to tell us of the road Which to discover we must travel too.
The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor.
Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad the quick thinking the sedate, and the careless the busy and industrious.
The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter and the poet.
No poems can please for long or live that are written by water drinkers.
You may drive out nature with a pitchfork, yet she'll be constantly running back.
Money is a handmaiden, if thou knowest how to use it a mistress, if thou knowest not.
Life is largely a matter of expectation.
Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even.
You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within the reach of every man. A contented mind confers it on all.
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.
Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.
To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it those who have, fear it.
Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of instruction and the schoolmaster of life.
Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.
He has not lived badly whose birth and death has been unnoticed by the world.
Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers of kings.