A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.

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  Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge.

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  How quickly we come from nothing and go into nothing.

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  Hold to the now, the here, through which all future plunges to the past.

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  We let our pleasant days slip by unnoticed; only when bad days come do we wish the others back.

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  The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.

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  Let every act, word and thought of yours be such as if you might depart from life this very moment.

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