Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.
A long life may not be good enough, but a good life is long enough.
We constantly change the world, even by our inaction. Therefore, let us change it responsibly.
I am in the prime of senility.
On the whole, though I never arrived at the perfection I had been so ambitious of obtaining, but fell far short of it, yet I was, by the endeavor, a better and a happier man than I otherwise should have been had I not attempted it.
If you would not be laughed at, be the first to laugh at yourself.