The nearer I approach death the more I feel like one who is in sight of land at last and is about to anchor in one's home port after a long voyage.
We ought to regard amiability as the quality of woman, dignity that of man.
No sensible man ever imputes inconsistency to another for changing his minds.
A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue but the parent of all the other virtues.
Man was born for two things--thinking and acting.
For as the law is set over the magistrate, even so are the magistrates set over the people. And therefore, it may be truly said, "that the magistrate is a speaking law, and the law is a silent magistrate.