“A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.”

It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a great deal of it.

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.

It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.

Associate with people who are likely to improve you.

He suffers more than necessary, who suffers before it is necessary.

Fate leads the willing and drags along the reluctant.

The mind that is anxious about future events is miserable.