It would not be worth your while to reach the age of seventy if all the wisdom of the world were to be foolishness before God.

If one mistreats citizens of foreign countries, one infringes upon one's duty toward one's own subjects; for thus one exposes themto the law of retribution.

All beginnings are delightful; the threshold is the place to pause.

Distrust those in whom the desire to punish is strong.

If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.

I have possessed that heart, that noble soul, in whose presence I seemed to be more than I really was, because I was all that I could be.

And I like those authors best whose scenes describe my own situation in life-- and the friends who are about me whose stories touch me with interest, from resembling my own homely existence.