Young widows still bide their time.

Pedigrees seldom improve by age; the grandson is too often a weak infringement on the grandsire's parent.

It is not much trouble to doctor sick folks, but to doctor healthy ones is troublesome.

Threescore years and ten is enough; if a man can't suffer all the misery he wants in that time, he must be numb.

Fortune is like a coquette; if you don't run after her, she will run after you.

Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight.

The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing.