It is, no doubt, an immense advantage to have done nothing, but one should not abuse it.
History is only time furnished with dates and rich with events.
Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech.
The only thing wealth does for some people is to make them worry about losing it.
The subtle sauce of malice is often indulged in by maidens of uncertain age, over their tea.
The most civilized people are as near to barbarism as the most polished steel is to rust. Nations, like metals, have only a superficial brilliancy.