Art has a double face, of expression and illusion, just like science has a double face: the reality of error and the phantom of truth.
He who is shipwrecked twice is foolish to blame the sea.
As men we are all equal in the presence of death.
It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
We die as often as we lose a friend.
Unless you bear with the faults of a friend you betray your own.
Good health and good sense are two of life's greatest blessings.
No one knows what he can do until he tries.
The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing.
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
Avarice is as destitute of what it has as poverty is of what it has not.