See everything, overlook a great deal, correct a little.
Men are like wine - some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.
I am able to follow my own death step by step. Now I move softly towards the end.
The true and solid peace of nations consists not in equality of arms, but in mutual trust alone.
The family is the first essential cell of human society.
Here I am at the end of the road and at the top of the heap.