Old age, especially an honored old age, has so great authority, that this is of more value than all the pleasures of youth.

Exercise and temperance can preserve something of our early strength even in old age.

What is permissible is not always honorable.

A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.

The habit of arguing in support of atheism, whether it be done from conviction or in pretense, is a wicked and impious practice.

Nothing contributes to the entertainment of the reader more, than the change of times and the vicissitudes of fortune.

Nothing is so strongly fortified that it cannot be taken by money.