One can with dignity be wife and widow but once.

Slander is the solace of malignity.

Proverbs may be said to be the abridgment of wisdom.

The mind is the atmosphere of the soul.

Close your eyes and you will see.

It would be next to impossible to discover a handsome woman who was not also a vain woman.

Forms of government become established of themselves. They shape themselves, they are not created. We may give them strength and consistency, but we cannot call them into being. Let us rest assured that the form of government can never be a matter of choice: it is almost always a matter of necessity.