"As we grow older, we increase in..." - Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“I always say to myself, what is the most important thing we can think about at this extraordinary moment.”

“Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.”

“Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them.”

“The vivacity that augments with years is not far from folly.”

“The oldest, wisest politician grows not more human so, but is merely a gray wharf rat at last.”

“Here I am, fifty-eight, and I still don't know what I'm going to be when I grow up.”

“You can observe a lot by just watching.”

“It is wisdom to take occasional furlough. In the long run, we shall do more by sometimes doing less. On, on, on for ever, without recreation may suit spirits emancipated from this 'heavy clay', but while we are in this tabernacle, we must every now and then cry halt, and serve the Lord by holy inaction and consecrated leisure. Let no tender conscience doubt the lawfulness of going out of harness for a while”

“When the sage stands above people, they are not oppressed. When he leads people, they are not obstructed. The world will exalt him and not grow tired of him.”