Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.

If you strike upon a thought that baffles you, break off from that entanglement and try another, so shall your wits be fresh to start again.

Love is merely the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.

Old age is but a second childhood.

These impossible women! How they do get around us! The poet was right: can't live with them, or without them!

Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.

You're mistaken; men of sense often learn much from their enemies. Prudence is the best safeguard. This principle cannot be learnt from a friend: but an enemy extorts it immediately. It is from their foes and not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war. And this lesson saves their children, their homes, and their properties.