There is nothing so elastic as the human mind. The more we are obliged to do, the more we are able to accomplish.
There is often as much independence in not being led as in not being driven.
Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both.
Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so.
Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past.
Some men are born old, and some men never seem so. If we keep well and cheerful, we are always young and at last die in youth even when in years would count as old.