Most of the great results of history are brought about by discreditable means.
The foundations of a person are not in matter but in spirit.
The instinct of the people is right.
I pray my companion, if he wishes for bread, to ask me for bread, and if he wishes for sassafras or arsenic, to ask me for them, and not to hold out his plate, as if I knew already.
Politics is a deleterious profession, like some poisonous handicrafts.
It is dainty to be sick if you have leisure and convenience for it.