"Years place at last a venerable crown..." - Quote by Victor Hugo

“He would give all of his clothes to his servant, admonishing him NOT to return them until he had completed his day's work.”

“It is often necessary to know how to obey a woman in order sometimes to have the right to command her.”

“The transept belfry and the two towers were to him three great cages, the birds in which, taught by him, would sing for him alone. Yet it was these same bells which had made him deaf; but mothers are often fondest of the child who has made them suffer most.”

“The old lose one of the greatest privileges of man, for they are no longer judged by their contemporaries.”

“I am of a healthy long lived race, and our minds improve with age.”

“The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles.”

“Webster never goes behind government, and so cannot speak with authority about it. His words are wisdom to those legislators who contemplate no essential reform in the existing government; but for thinkers, and those who legislate for all time, he never once glances at the subject.... Comparatively, he is always strong, original, and, above all, practical. Still, his quality is not wisdom, but prudence.”

“Better to illuminate than merely to shine.”

“Perfection is attained, not when no more can be added, but when no more can be removed.”