In times of war, the law falls silent.

I remember the very thing that I do not wish to; I cannot forget the things I wish to forget.

It is not easy to distinguish between true and false affection, unless there occur one of those crises in which, as gold is tried by fire, so a faithful friendship may be tested by danger.

That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly old men, not to age itself.

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

Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.

While the sick man has life, there is hope.