True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit last long.

Any man may make a mistake; none but a fool will stick to it. Second thoughts are best as the proverb says.

Yield, ye arms, to the toga; to civic praise, ye laurels.

God's law is 'right reason.' When perfectly understood it is called 'wisdom.' When applied by government in regulating human relations it is called 'justice.

A perverse temper and fretful disposition will make any state of life whatsoever unhappy.

How much in love with himself, and that too without a rival!

The roots of knowledge are bitter, but its fruit are sweet.