No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.
Sorrow was like the wind. It came in gusts.
Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.
Never read a book through merely because you have begun it.
Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.
If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome; if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent; if you believe the military, nothing is safe.
For the most part, fear is nothing but an illusion. When you share it with someone else, it tends to disappear.