a little misgiving in the beginning of things, means much regret in the end of them.
To take offence is a great folly, and to give offence is a great folly - I know not which is the greater.
Solitude is such a potential thing. We hear voices in solitude, we never hear in the hurry and turmoil of life; we receive counsels and comforts, we get under no other condition.
if a thing is to be done, there is no time like the hour that has not struck.
Old age is the verdict of life.
To forgive freely, is what we owe to our enemy; to forget not, is what we owe to ourselves.