There is no one so old as to not think they may live a day longer.

True nobility is exempt from fear.

I wonder that a soothsayer doesn't laugh whenever he sees another soothsayer.

So it may well be believed that when I found him taking a complete holiday, with a vast supply of books at command, he had the air of indulging in a literary debauch, if the term may be applied to so honorable an occupation.

There is a difference between justice and consideration in one's relations to one's fellow men. It is the function of justice not to do wrong to one's fellow men of considerateness, not to wound their feelings.

There is no moment without some duty.

A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.