"The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again."

"I have no faith in the wisdom of any government that is not based upon the popular will."

"It is a fair, even-handed, noble adjustment of things, that while there is infection in disease and sorrow, there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour."

"I have always been a great admirer of the wisdom of the ancients, and I have always been of the opinion that there is a great deal to be learned from them."

"I know enough of the world to know that there is nothing in it so bad as to be worth the trouble of speaking ill of."