Let the welfare of the people be the ultimate law.
What an ugly beast the ape, and how like us.
It is difficult to remember all, and ungracious to omit any.
Time obliterates the fictions of opinion and confirms the decisions of nature.
As I give thought to the matter, I find four causes for the apparent misery of old age; first, it withdraws us from active accomplishments; second, it renders the body less powerful; third, it deprives us of almost all forms of enjoyment; fourth, it stands not far from death.
What is becoming is honest, and whatever is honest must always be becoming.