Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even.
Strange - is it not? That of the myriads who Before us passed the door of Darkness through, Not one returns to tell us of the road Which to discover we must travel too.
Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow.
Time will bring to light whatever is hidden; it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor.
If a man's fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the story; if too large it trips him up, if too small it pinches him.
While fools shun one set of faults they run into the opposite one.
This is a fault common to all singers, that among their friends they will never sing when they are asked; unasked, they will never desist.
You must avoid sloth, that wicked siren.
When things are steep, remember to stay level-headed.
Subdue your passion or it will subdue you.
He has not lived badly whose birth and death has been unnoticed by the world.
Begin, be bold and venture to be wise.
The man is either mad, or he is making verses.