The comfort of having a friend may be taken away - but not that of having had one. |
The courts of kings are full of people, but empty of friends. |
The cure for anger is delay. |
The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity. |
The deferring of anger is the best antidote to anger. |
The display of grief makes more demands than grief itself. How few men are sad in their own company. |
The fates lead him who will - him who won't they drag. |
The fates lead the willing, and drag the unwilling. |
The final hour when we cease to exist does not itself bring death; it merely of itself completes the death-process. We reach death at that moment, but we have been a long time on the way. |
The first and greatest punishment of the sinner is the conscience of sin. |
The first art of a monarch is the power to endure hatred |
The first step in a person's salvation is knowledge of their sin. |
The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error. |
The foremost art of kings is the power to endure hatred |
The good man is Nature's creditor, giving her back better life than he had of her |