Oaths are but words, and words are but wind.

There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as his own death.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

I really do not see much use in exalting the humble and meek; they do not remain humble and meek long when they are exalted.

The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.

Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it.

Words are like money; there is nothing so useless, unless when in actual use.