Judge not by the number, but by the weight.

For my own part, I had rather be old only a short time than be old before I really am so.

Let war yield to peace, laurels to paeans.

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.

Dogs wait for us faithfully.

The administration of government, like a guardianship ought to be directed to the good of those who confer, not of those who receive the trust.

There is wickedness in the intention of wickedness, even though it be not perpetrated in the act.