Truth Sometimes Corner Unawares Upon

Great Men Lose Somewhat Of Their Greatness By Being Near Us; Ordinary Men Gain Much.

To My Ninth Decade I Have Totter'd On, And No Soft Arm Bends Now My Steps To Steady; She, Who Once Led Me Where She Would, Is Gone, So When He Calls Me, Death Shall Find Me Ready.

Great Men Always Pay Deference To Greater.

A Man's Vanity Tells Him What Is Honor, A Man's Conscience What Is Justice.

Fame, They Tell You, Is Air; But Without Air There Is No Life For Any; Without Fame There Is None For The Best.