Even when we fancy we have grown wiser, it is only, it may be, that new prejudices have displaced old ones.

To death we owe our life; the passing of one generation opens a way for another.

What we call conscience in many instances, is only a wholesome fear of the law.

There is a German proverb which says that Take-it-Easy and Live-Long are brothers.

Most books fail, not so much from a want of ability in their authors, as from an absence in their productions of a thorough development of their ability.

It is only an error of judgment to make a mistake, but it argues an infirmity of character to adhere to it when discovered.

Wine is a treacherous friend who you must always be on guard for.