“ Beauty and folly are old companions. ”

“ At twenty years of age the will reigns at thirty, the wit and at forty, the judgment. ”

“ Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame. ”

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

“ I saw few die of hunger of eating, a hundred thousand. ”

“ From a child I was fond of reading, and all the little money that came into my hands was ever laid out in books. Pleased with the 'Pilgrim's Progress,' my first collection was of John Bunyan's works in separate little volumes. ”

“ One today is worth two tomorrows. ”

“ God grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the rights of man may pervade all the nations of the earth, so that a philosopher may set his foot anywhere on its surface and say: 'This is my country.' ”

“ Lost time is never found again. ”

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