False modesty is the refinement of vanity. It is a lie.
One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories.
The passion of hatred is so long lived and so obstinate a malady that the surest sign of death in a sick person is their desire for reconciliation.
Days, months, years fly away, and irrecoverably sink in the abyss of time.
The duty of a judge is to administer justice, but his practice is to delay it
The finest pleasure is kindness to others.