"The excess of our youth are checks written against our age and they are payable with interest thirty years later."

"Happiness, that grand mistress of the ceremonies in the dance of life, impels us through all its mazes and meanderings, but leads none of us by the same route."

"Those who visit foreign nations, but associate only with their own country-men, change their climate, but not their customs. They see new meridians, but the same men and with heads as empty as their pockets, return home with traveled bodies, but untravelled minds."

"Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say."

"To conquer fear is to realize that hope is the anchor of a weary soul."

"Fear is stupid. So are regrets."

"It is a unyielding truth that fear will knock at every door; only those with resolved hearts refuse to let it enter — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"My 'fear' is my substance, and probably the best part of me."