That is the great mistake about the affections. It is not the rise and fall of empires, the birth and death of kings, or the marching of armies that move them most. When they answer from their depths, it is to the domestic joys and tragedies of life.

One should not run on a new road.

In any adversity gold can find friends.

A man nearly sixty is just as ready to suppose himself fascinating as a man of twenty.

All revolutions are treason until they are accomplished.

Oh, the soul keeps its youth!

The first step is what I like to be sure of ... to the second step it often binds you.