It is said that Windham, when he came to the end of a speech, often found himself so perplexed by his own subtlety that he hardly knew which way he was going to give his vote. This is a good illustration of the fallaciousness of reasoning, and of the uncertainties which attend its practical application.

People cannot go wrong, if you don't let them. They cannot go right, unless you let them.

I could hardly feel much confidence in a man who had never been imposed upon.

A lawyer's brief will be brief, before a freethinker thinks freely.

One saves oneself much pain, by taking pains; much trouble, by taking trouble.

A youth's love is the more passionate; virgin love is the more idolatrous.

Leaves are light, and useless, and idle, and wavering, and changeable; they even dance; and yet God in his wisdom has made them a part of oaks. And in so doing he has given us a lesson, not to deny the stout-heartedness within because we see the lightsomeness without.