Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
The strongest passion is fear.
Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
People must help one another it is nature's law.
Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
It is impossible to please all the world and one's father.
Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we laugh at all.
Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.