“ Let age, not envy, draw wrinkles on thy cheeks. ”

“ Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude, and the society of thyself. ”

“ Death is the cure for all diseases. ”

“ Life itself is but the shadow of death, and souls departed but the shadows of the living. ”

“ As reason is a rebel to faith, so passion is a rebel to reason. ”

“ All things are artificial, for nature is the art of God. ”

“ Men live by intervals of reason under the sovereignty of humor and passion. ”

“ Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles. ”

“ Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles. ”

“ We carry within us the wonders we seek without us. ”