“ The first mistake in public business is the going into it. ”

“ In general, mankind, since the improvement of cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires. ”

“ In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the want of it. ”

“ Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards. ”

“ There was never a good war, or a bad peace. ”

“ Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech. ”

“ I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep. We shall rise refreshed in the morning. ”

“ Take time for all things: great haste makes great waste. ”

“ Lost time is never found again. ”

“ By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. ”