If the elbow had been placed closer to the hand, the forearm would have been too short to bring the glass to the mouth; and if it had been closer to the shoulder, the forearm would have been so long that it would have carried the glass beyond the mouth.

What you would seem to be, be really.

The way to be safe is never to be secure.

The world is run by the people who show up.

The wise and the brave dares own that he was wrong.

The punishment of murder by death is contrary to reason, and to the order and happiness of society, and contrary to divine revelation.

A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.