Every day is lost in which we do not learn something useful. Man has no nobler or more valuable possession than time.
Love becomes greater and nobler in calamity.
Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!
The noble-minded are calm and steady. Little people are forever fussing and fretting.
After all, what nobler thought can one cherish than that the universe lives within us all?