Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on.

Never can custom conquer nature, for she is ever unconquered.

I am much beholden to old age, which has increased my eagerness for conversation in proportion as it has lessened my appetites of hunger and thirst.

Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children?

That man is guilty of impertinence who considers not the circumstances of time, or engrosses the conversation, or makes himself the subject of his discourse, or pays no regard to the company he is in.

To remain ignorant of history is to remain forever a child

What is morally wrong can never be advantageous, even when it enables you to make some gain that you believe to be to your advantage. The mere act of believing that some wrongful course of action constitutes an advantage is pernicious.