The best wine is the oldest, the best water the newest.
A dog starved at his master's gate Predicts the ruin of the state.
The hours of folly are measured by the clock; but of wisdom, no clock can measure.
The roaring of lions, the howling of wolves, the raging of the stormy sea, and the destructive sword, are portions of eternity, too great for the eye of man.
I must create a system, or be enslav'd by another man's.
Desperate remorse swallows the present in a quenchless rage.