An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.

A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best but what he has said or done otherwise shall give him no peace.

Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion.

Hunger is the best pickle.

The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.