"Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read."

"For good and evil, there is no place for neutrality."

"For a lie faces God, and shrinks from man."

"And it is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tossed upon the sea."

"Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them."