“The fear of death often proves mortal, and sets people on methods to save their lives, which infallibly destroy them
“One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but suffering
“We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished plans, finding our failures were successes
“World's use is cold, world's love is vain, world's cruelty is bitter bane; but is not the fruit of pain
“Avoid lawsuits beyond all things; they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your property
“Hiding places there are innumerable, escape is only one, but possibilities of escape, again, are as many as hiding places.