The budget should be balanced, the treasury refilled, public debt reduced, the arrogance of officialdom tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands curtailed, lest Rome become bankrupt.

There are gems of thought that are ageless and eternal.

In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills contracted by the mind more severe than those contracted by the body.

A bachelor's bed is the most pleasant.

It is pleasant to recall past troubles.

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

We are all excited by the love of praise, and the noblest are most influenced by glory.