The dead might as well try to speak to the living as the old to the young.
Nobody is ever met at the airport when beginning a new adventure. It's just not done.
The older I grow, the less important the comma becomes. Let the reader catch his own breath.
You cannot make a man by standing a sheep on its hind legs. But by standing a flock of sheep in that position you can make a crowd of men.
Depend not on fortune, but on conduct.
Every moment of one's existence one is growing into more or retreating into less.
Make a decision, even if it's wrong.