Life is divided into three periods: that which has been, that which is, that which will be. Of these the present is short, the future is doubtful, the past is certain.
However wretched a fellow-mortal may be, he is still a member of our common species.
You roll my log, and I will roll yours.
Retirement without the love of letters is a living burial.
Power exercised with violence has seldom been of long duration.
When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.