To give an accurate description of what has never occurred is not merely the proper occupation of the historian, but the inalienable privilege of any man of parts and culture.

Every great man nowadays has his disciples, and it is usually Judas who writes the biography.

Simple pleasures are the last healthy refuge in a complex world.

A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her.

A woman who cannot make her mistakes charming, is only a female.

A well-tied tie is the first serious step in life.

What between the duties expected of one during one's lifetime, and the duties exacted from one after one's death, land has ceased to be either a profit or a pleasure. It gives one position, and prevents one from keeping it up. That's all that can be said about land.