In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.
Be not under the dominion of thine own will; it is the vice of the ignorant, who vainly presume on their own understanding.
Wit and humor belong to genius alone.
How will he who does not know how to govern himself know how to govern others?
We are all as God made us and frequently much worse.
I know well enough that there have been dogs so loving that they have thrown themselves into the same grave with the dead bodies of their masters.