“Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were worth living for the sake of middle age
“Study until twenty five, investigate until forty, profession until sixty, at which age I would have him retired on a double allowance
“Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others.
“No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or senator, and remain fit for anything else
“Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.
“Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense