It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom you already owe much.

Oh, how great is the power of truth! which of its own power can easily defend itself against all the ingenuity and cunning and wisdom of men, and against the treacherous plots of all the world.

I cheerfully quit from life as if it were an inn, not a home; for Nature has given us a hostelry in which to sojourn, not to abide.

Tall oaks grow from little acorns.Testing. This is the text of an item. Testing. Origin. Testing. Quoted. Testing. Source. The diligent farmer plants trees, of which he himself will never see the fruit.

Cannot people realize how large an income is thrift?

The best interpreter of the law is custom.

The greatest incitement to guilt is the hope of sinning with impunity.