He has no other recommendation, save an assumed and crafty solemnity of demeanour.

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.

More is lost by indecision than wrong decision. Indecision is the thief of opportunity. It will steal you blind.

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.

The devil finds work for idle hands to do. Better to reign in the hell than serve in heaven. We are in bondage to the law in order that we may be free.

The more laws, the less justice.

I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money. Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their lawsuits, and the names of their debtors and creditors.