"He possesses dominion over himself and is happy who can every day say 'I have lived.' Tomorrow the heavenly Father may either involve the world in dark clouds or cheer it with clear sunshine he will not however render ineffectual the things which have already taken place."

"No poems can please for long or live that are written by water drinkers."

"Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever the day brings forth."

"It is courage courage courage that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity!"

"Leave off asking what tomorrow will bring, andwhatever days fortune will give, count themas profit."

"Now is the time to drink!"

"Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment."

"Well begun is half done."

"He who is greedy is always in want."

"A picture is a poem without words."

"Clogged with yesterday's excess, the body drags the mind down with it."

"Mountains will go into labour, and a silly little mouse will be born."

"In adversity remember to keep an even mind."

"Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled."

"Make a good use of the present."

"Whatever advice you give, be short."

"It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity."

"Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them run up and down only on this side of the river. But those who when they know the law follow the path of the law, they shall reach the other shore and go beyond the realm of death."

"One wanders to the left, another to the right. Both are equally in error, but, are seduced by different delusions."

"Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow."

"Many terms which have now dropped out of favour will be revived and those that are at present respectable will drop out if useage so choose with whom resides the decision and the judgment and the code of speech."

"Your own property is concerned when your neighbor's house is on fire."

"The musician who always plays on the same string is laughed at."

"Seize the day and put the least possible trust in tomorrow."

"The man is either mad, or he is making verses."

"Knowledge without education is but armed injustice."

"Good sense is both the first principal and the parent source of good writing."

"Don't think, just do."

"I teach that all men are mad."

"A portion of mankind take pride in their vices and pursue their purpose; many more waver between doing what is right and complying with what is wrong."

"We set up harsh and unkind rules against ourselves. No one is born without faults. That man is best who has fewest."

"He who postpones the hour of living is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses."

"Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even."

"The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor."

"Choose a subject equal to your abilities; think carefully what your shoulders may refuse, and what they are capable of bearing."

"The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter and the poet."

"It is not the rich man you should properly call happy, but him who knows how to use with wisdom the blessings of the gods, to endure hard poverty, and who fears dishonor worse than death, and is not afraid to die for cherished friends or fatherland."

"To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it."

"Let him who has enough wish for nothing more."

"When your neighbor's house is afire your own property is at stake."

"He has half the deed done who has made a beginning."

"Money is a handmaiden, if thou knowest how to use it; a mistress, if thou knowest not."

"Why do you hasten to remove anything which hurts your eye, while if something affects your soul you postpone the cure until next year?"

"Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers of kings."

"Anger is a short madness."

"I hate the irreverent rabble and keep them far from me."

"Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of instruction and the schoolmaster of life."

"Subdue your passion or it will subdue you."

"Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant."

"Pale death kicks with impartial foot at the hovels of the poor and the towers of kings."