Truth ... is the sovereign good of human nature.
The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears.
I usually accept bribes from both sides so that tainted money can never influence my decision.
Silence is the virtue of fools.
Dreams, and predictions of astrology....ought to serve but for winter talk by the fireside.
The light that a man receives by counsel from another is drier and purer than that which comes from his own understanding and judgment, which is ever infused and drenched in his affections and customs.