"It is a sad fate to be a man of sense, in a country of fools."

"Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read."

"He that is a master of himself, is a master of the world."

"The less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it."

"Certainly, wife and children are a kind of discipline of humanity."