The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.

Our youth and manhood are due to our country, but our declining years are due to ourselves.

The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.

There is in them a softer fire than the ruby, there is the brilliant purple of the amethyst, and the sea green of the emerald - all shining together in incredible union. Some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the flame of burning sulphur or of fire quickened by oil.

A dear bargain is always disagreeable, particularly as it is a reflection upon the buyer's judgment.

The largest land animal is the elephant, and it is the nearest to man in intelligence: it understands the language of its country and obeys orders, remembers duties that it has been taught, is pleased by affection and by marks of honour, nay more it possesses virtues rare even in man, honesty, wisdom, justice, also respect for the stars and reverence for the sun and moon.

Nulla dies sine linea - Not a day without a line.