I do not admire people who are wise after the event. I would rather be impaled on the other horn of the dilemma and be called one of the "I told you so's."

But on the whole it is wise in human affairs, and in the government of men, to separate pomp from power.

The king cannot fall unworthily if he falls to the sword of the ace.

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

When you have to hold a hot coffee-pot, it is better not to break the handle off.

It is sometimes wise to allow natural processes to work, and crimes and follies to be paid in coin from their own mint.