"To be content with what one has is the greatest and truest of riches."

"Our span of life is brief, but is long enough for us to live well and honestly."

"Nature herself has imprinted on the minds of all the idea of God."

"Laws are silent in times of war."

"I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity."

"The first duty of a man is the seeking after and the investigation of truth."

"The past always looks better than it was; it's only pleasant because it isn't here."

"FELON, n. A person of greater enterprise than discretion, who in embracing an opportunity has formed an unfortunate attachment."

"What a joy, that literacy is no longer prima facie evidence of treason."

"In waking a tiger, use a long stick."

"Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light."

"Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand."