It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.

No one loves his country for its size or eminence, but because it’s his own.

No one's so old that he mayn’t with decency hope for one more day.

The man who does something under orders is not unhappy; he is unhappy who does something against his will.

Night brings our troubles to the light, rather than banishes them.

True wisdom consists in not departing from nature and in molding our conduct according to her laws and model.

Our life’s a moment and less than a moment, but even this mite nature has mockingly humored with some appearance of a longer span.

It is medicine, not scenery, for which a sick man must go searching.

What nature requires is obtainable, and within easy reach. It’s for the superfluous we sweat.

Not a soul takes thought how well he may live— only how long: yet a good life might be everybody’s, a long one can be nobody’s.