Adulthood
Men are but children of a larger growth, Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain.
Boldness
Fortune befriends the bold.
Contentment
Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own; he who, secure within, can say, tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
Death and Dying
To die is landing on some distant shore.
Democracy
Nor is the people's judgment always true: the most may err as grossly as the few.
Familiarity
All objects lose by too familiar a view.
Fortune
It is madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because by herself she is nothing and is ruled by prudence.
Habit
Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.
Jealousy
Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.
Love
Love works a different way in different minds, the fool it enlightens and the wise it blinds.
Opportunity
Thou strong seducer, Opportunity!
Patriotism
Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.
Price
He who would search for pearls must dive below.
Silence
Not to ask is not be denied.
Tomorrow
Tomorrow do thy worst, I have lived today.
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