"We must never assume that which is incapable of proof."

"He is not dead who departs from life with a high and noble fame; but he is dead, even while living, whose brow is branded with infamy."

"It's always useful to know where a friend-and-relation is, whether you want him or whether you don't."

"Whoever is first in the field and awaits the coming of the enemy, will be fresh for the fight; whoever is second in the field and has to hasten to battle will arrive exhausted."

"Travel, instead of broadening the mind, often merely lengthens the conversation."

"The best helping hand that you will ever receive is the one at the end of your own arm."

"Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another."

"When sorrows come, they come not single spies, But in battalions."

"Behold I do not give lectures or a little charity, When I give I give myself."

"Government expands to absorb revenue - and then some."

"I never said actors were cattle. I said that actors should be treated like cattle."

"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go."