I am not an adventurer by choice but by fate.
Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present.
Sorrow was like the wind. It came in gusts.
To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all.
Know, first, who you are; and then adorn yourself accordingly.
Let us so live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.
There are two types of people--those who come into a room and say, 'Well, here I am!' and those who come in and say, 'Ah, there you are.'