That old man dies prematurely whose memory records no benefits conferred. They only have lived long who have lived virtuously.

She's as headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile.

My valour is certainly going! - it is sneaking off! - I feel it oozing out as it were at the palms of my hands!

If the thought is slow to come, a glass of good wine encourages it; and when it does come, a glass of good wine rewards it.

There's only one truth about war: people die.

Those that vow the most are the least sincere.

The newspapers! Sir, they are the most villainous - licentious -abominable - infernal - Not that I ever read them - No - I make it a rule never to look into a newspaper.