The whole life of man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it, therefore, while it lasts, and not spend it to no purpose

Someone praising a man for his foolhardy bravery, Cato, the elder, said, ''There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.''

Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that one is adversity.

The measure of a man is way he bears up under misfortune

Time is the wisest of all counselors.

Time is the wisest of all counselors