You should not consider a man’s age but his acts.
Whoever thinks that he alone has speech, or possesses speech or mind above others, when unfolded such men are seen to be empty.
The rewards of virtue alone abide secure.
I was born to join in love, not hate – that is my nature.
When I have tried and failed, I shall have failed.
All our mortal lives are set in danger and perplexity: one day to prosper, and the next – who knows? When all is well, then look for rocks ahead.
The truth is what I cherish and that’s my strength.
Whoever gets up and comes to grips with Love like a boxer is a fool.
Reason is God’s crowning gift to man.
How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there’s no help in truth!
A friend in word is never friend of mine.
Give me a life wherever there is an opportunity to live, and better life than was my father’s.
Not even old age knows how to love death.
What you can’t enforce, do not command.
If you are out of trouble, watch for danger.
Trust dies but mistrust blossoms.
Even the stout of heart shrink when they see the approach of death.
Wisdom is a dreadful thing when it brings no knowledge to its possessor.
Who feels no ills, should, therefore, fear them; and when fortune smiles, be doubly cautious, lest destruction come remorseless on him, and he fall unpitied.
Laws can never be enforced unless fear supports them.