Perhaps Being Old Is Having

Very Few People Are Acquainted With Death. They Undergo It, Commonly, Not So Much Out Of Resolution As Custom And Insensitivity; And Most Men Die Because They Cannot Help It.

The Principal Point Of Cleverness Is To Know How To Value Things Just As They Deserve.

Every One Speaks Well Of His Own Heart, But No One Dares Speak Well Of His Own Mind.

Those Who Are Themselves Incapable Of Great Crimes Are Ever Backward To Suspect Others.

Whatever Good Things People Say Of Us, They Tell Us Nothing New.