The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.

If it is necessary, omit one bridge over the river, go round a little there, and throw one arch at least over the darker gulf of ignorance which surrounds us.

Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning hand.

The sport of digging the bait is nearly equal to that of catching the fish, when one's appetite is not too keen.

Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years.

When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable.

The stars are the jewels of the night, and perchance surpass anything which day has to show.