A man nearly sixty is just as ready to suppose himself fascinating as a man of twenty.
a little misgiving in the beginning of things, means much regret in the end of them.
We generally get the evil we expect.
Kindness is always fashionable.
... though mathematics may teach a man how to build a bridge, it is what the Scotch Universities call the humanities, that teach him to be civil and sweet-tempered.
Old age is the verdict of life.