A bachelor's bed is the most pleasant.

Old age is by nature rather talkative.

To be ignorant of the past is to be forever a child.

Persistence in a single view has never been regarded as a merit in political leaders.

The soul in sleep gives proof of its divine nature.

It is foolish to pluck out one's hair for sorrow, as if grief could be assuaged by baldness.

It is graceful in a man to think and to speak with propriety, to act with deliberation, and in every occurrence of life to find out and persevere in the truth. On the other hand, to be imposed upon, to mistake, to falter, and to be deceived, is as ungraceful as to rave or to be insane.