A maxim in law has more weight in the world than an article of faith.

Live every day as your last, because one of these days, it will be.

Quotations are best brought in to confirm some opinion controverted.

A poor spirit is poorer than a poor purse. A very few pounds a year would ease a man of the scandal of avarice.

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.

I love white Portugal wine better than claret, champagne, or burgundy. I have a sad vulgar appetite.

When we are old, our friends find it difficult to please us, and are less concerned whether we be pleased or not.