Nothing more clearly shows how little God esteems his gift to men of wealth, money, position and other worldly goods, than the way he distributes these, and the sort of men who are most amply provided with them.

Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author.

Don't wait to be happy to laugh... You may die and never have laughed.

Eloquence is to the sublime what the whole is to the part.

Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds - habits and novelty.

A man's worth is estimated in this world according to his conduct.

The duty of a judge is to administer justice, but his practice is to delay it