All the treasure in the world cannot bid it stand still for an hour; comfort only makes the days fly quicker.

We should not struggle for life, but hold it fast, for existence is a wondrous thing.
Oh, in vain--the days vanish.

So I've determined to have nought to say to the hours which pass, but to a time that endures for aye.

And only he whom God sends can bring such a time." Barabbas pressed his face against the stone, and said with comfortable conviction; "We've only the life we have; there's no other." "If it was as you say," returned Dismas, "we must make this one life great----" "If there's no life to come," said Barabbas, "we must live this one out.

That is nature, and to deny it folly.