We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future.

A maxim is the exact and noble expression of an important and indisputable truth. Good maxims are the germs of all excellence; when firmly fixed on the memory, they nourish the will.

Music has seven letters, writing has twenty-six notes

Justice is the right of the weakest.

Maxims are to the intellect what laws are to actions; they do not enlighten, but they guide and direct, and, although themselves blind, are protective.

One should choose for a wife only such a woman as he would choose for a friend, were she a man.

Before you use a fancy word, make room for it.