Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long is life to the foolish who do not know the true law.

Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience.

No man can be a pure specialist without being in the strict sense an idiot.

The liar's punishment is, not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.

We are happier in many ways when we are old than when we were young. The young sow wild oats. The old grow sage.

Usually youth is for freedom and reform, maturity for judicious compromise, and old age for stability and repose.