Lenity is a part of justice; but she must not speak too loud for fear of waking justice.
Avoid singularity. There may often be less vanity in following the new modes than in adhering to the old ones. It is true that the foolish invent them, but the wise may conform to, instead of contradicting, them.
There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the world.
I resemble the poplar,--that tree which, even when old, still looks young.
Everything that is exact is short.
Credulity forges more miracles than trickery could invent.