It is too often forgotten that the gift of speech, so centrally employed, has been elaborated as much for the purpose of concealing thought by dissimulation and lying as for the purpose of elucidating and communicating thought.

To be unable to bear an ill is itself a great ill.

The road to Hades is easy to travel.

It is too often forgotten that the gift of speech, so centrally employed, has been elaborated as much for the purpose of concealing thought by dissimulation and lying as for the purpose of elucidating and communicating thought.

We ought not to heap reproaches on old age, seeing that we all hope to reach it.

A good leader makes a good follower.

Of all evil things the least quantity is to be borne, but of learning and knowledge, the more a man hath, the better he can bear it.