Let us speak, though we show all our faults and weaknesses, - for it is a sign of strength to be weak, to know it, and out with it - not in a set way and ostentatiously, though, but incidentally and without premeditation.

Some dying men are the most tyrannical; and certainly, since they will shortly trouble us so little for evermore, the poor fellows ought to be indulged.

There is no dignity in wickedness, whether in purple or rags; and hell is a democracy of devils, where all are equals.

To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.