“What luck for rulers that men do not think.”

“To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.”

“As for me, except for an occasional heart attack, I feel as young as I ever did.”

“The future is much like the present, only longer.”

“It is not so much our friends’ help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.”

“The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.”

“Freedom is not enough.”

“Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.”

“Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a book.”

“Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.”