Any man may make a mistake; none but a fool will stick to it. Second thoughts are best as the proverb says.

Time obliterates the fictions of opinion and confirms the decisions of nature.

Most happy is he who is entirely self-reliant, and who centers all his requirements in himself alone.

Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.

Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he is not prevented by force or law.

In men of the highest character and noblest genius there is to be found an insatiable desire for honor, command, power, and glory.

Leisure with dignity.