There is nothing wrong with retirement as long as one doesn't allow it to interfere with one's work.

All cats are gray in the dark.

Our friend and we were invited aboard on a party of pleasure, which is to last forever. His chair was ready first, and he has gone before us. We could not all conveniently start together; and why should you and I be grieved at this, since we are soon to follow, and know where to find him.

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

Laws without morals are in vain.

Men and Melons are hard to know.

I have conceived a higher opinion of the natural capacities of the black race than I had ever before entertained. Their apprehension seems as quick, their memory as strong, and their docility in every respect equal to that of white children.