Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.
A hobby a day keeps the doldrums away.
I daresay one profits more by the mistakes one makes off one's own bat than by doing the right thing on somebody's else advice.
Feet, why do I need them if I have wings to fly?
Exercise ferments the humors, casts them into their proper channels, throws off redundancies, and helps nature in those secret distributions, without which the body cannot subsist in its vigor, nor the soul act with cheerfulness.
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards.