People have discovered that they can fool the devil; but they can't fool the neighbors.

Brutes by their natural instinct have produced many discoveries, whereas men by discussion and the conclusions of reason have given birth to few or none.

We rise to great heights by a winding staircase of small steps.

Journeys at youth are part of the education; but at maturity, are part of the experience.

The voice of the people has about it something divine: for how otherwise can so many heads agree together as one?

A man finds himself seven years older the day after his marriage.

Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than that of laws.