Sweet Exists By Convention, Bitter By Convention,

Everywhere Man Blames Nature And Fate Yet His Fate Is Mostly But The Echo Of His Character And Passion, His Mistakes And His Weaknesses.

The Sweetest Things Become The Most Bitter By Excess.

Hope Of Ill Gain Is The Beginning Of Loss.

Good Means Not [merely] Not To Do Wrong, But Rather Not To Desire To Do Wrong.

Men Will Cease To Be Fools Only When They Cease To Be Men.