Beauty and health are the chief sources of happiness.
One event makes another. What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens; and time can only prove which is most for our advantage.
We live in age of prudence. The leaders of the people now generally follow.
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
The British people, being subject to fogs, require grave statesmen.
The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading, imparts the vivacity and novelty of youth even to old age.