“How sweet is life, can we but choose with whom to live it: to live for oneself is no life.”

It is not hoary hairs that bring wisdom; some have an old head on young shoulders.

There is but one genuine love potion – consideration.

Whom the gods love dies young.

By associating with wise people you will become wise yourself.

Never ask the Gods for life set free from grief, but ask for courage that endureth long.

It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.

Chance is a kind of god, for it preserves many things which we do not observe.

All men have one refuge, a good friend, with whom you can weep and know that he does not smile.

A man that runs away may fight again.

The character of a man is known from his conversations.

Why should he who is scared be careful?

The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.

He who labors diligently need never despair for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.

Conscience is a God to all mortals.

Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.

Of all the wild beasts of land or sea, the wildest is woman.

I got through yesterday, I’ll get through today.

Know not what you know, and see not what you see.

But I am now seasoned enough to have learned that the hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning.

Keep eternity before the children.

The externals are simply so many props; everything we need is within us.

And now in the serenity and quiet of this lovely place, touch the depths of truth, feel the hem of Heaven.

Some species increase, others diminish, and in a short space the generations of living creatures are changed and, like runners, pass on the torch of life.

Our desire must be like a slow and stately ship, sailing across endless oceans, never in search of safe anchorage. Then suddenly, unexpectedly, it will find mooring for a moment.