You cease to be afraid when you cease to hope; for hope is accompanied by fear.

The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.

The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.

There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.

The display of grief makes more demands than grief itself. How few men are sad in their own company.

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color.