The coward only threatens when he is safe.

It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.

Superstition is the poetry of life.

Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers.

The world remains ever the same.

Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public.

All things are only transitory.

What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won.

Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it.