“Life. As solid and as strong as a rock one minute, then hanging by a thread the next”
“What a strange sensation to have the ground under your feet shift unexpectedly. One moment rock solid, the next quivering.”
“On what slender threads do life and fortune hang… !”
“What tender threads do life and death hang”
“Every man hangs by a thread, any minute the abyss may open under his feet, and yet he must go and invent for himself all kinds of troubles and spoil his life.”
“Life is a storm. One minute you will bathe under the sun and the next you will be shattered upon the rocks. That's when you shout, "Do your worst, for I will do mine!" and you will be remembered forever.”