Let age, not envy, draw wrinkles on thy cheeks.

Charity But how shall we expect charity towards others, when we are uncharitable to ourselves? Charity begins at home, is the voice of the world; yet is every man his greatest enemy, and, as it were, his own executioner.

Life itself is but the shadow of death, and souls departed but the shadows of the living.

Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude, and the society of thyself.

A man may be in as just possession of truth as of a city, and yet be forced to surrender.

Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles.

All things are artificial, for nature is the art of God.

To believe only possibilities is not faith, but mere philosophy.

Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles.

Death is the cure for all diseases.