Most of the stone a nation hammers goes toward its tomb only. It buries itself alive.

I repeat that in this sense the most splendid court in Christendom is provincial, having authority to consult about Transalpine interests only, and not the affairs of Rome. A prætor or proconsul would suffice to settle the questions which absorb the attention of the English Parliament and the American Congress.

I may add that I am enjoying existence as much as ever, and regret nothing.

Those undeserved joys which come uncalled and make us more pleased than grateful are they that sing.

We cannot but pity the boy who has never fired a gun; he is no more humane, while his education has been sadly neglected.

A man's wealth is measured by what he doesn't need.

I lose my respect for the man who can make the mystery of sex the subject of a coarse jest, yet when you speak earnestly and seriously on the subject, is silent.