Old age is a lease nature only signs as a particular favor, and it may be, to one, only in the space of two or three ages; and then with a pass to boot, to carry him through, all the traverses and difficulties she has strewed in the way of his long career.

There are no truths, only moments of claryty passing for answers.

It is a sign of contraction of the mind when it is content, or of weariness. A spirited mind never stops within itself; it is always aspiring and going beyond its strength.

Nor is it enough to toughen up his soul; you must also toughen up his muscles.

Every man may speak truly, but to speak methodically, prudently, and fully is a talent that few men have.

How many condemnations I have witnessed more criminal than the crime!

Examples teach us that in military affairs, and all others of a like nature, study is apt to enervate and relax the courage of man, rather than to give strength and energy to the mind.