To those who are engaged in commercial dealings, justice is indispensable for the conduct of business.

Aristoteles quidem ait: 'Omnes ingeniosos melancholicos esse.' Aristotle says that all men of genius are melancholy.

Sweet is the recollection of difficulties overcome.

A life of peace, purity and refinement leads to a calm and untroubled old age.

Should this my firm persuasion of the soul's immortality prove to be a mere delusion, it is at least a pleasing delusion, and I will cherish it to my last breath.

It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently is nothing short of criminal.

These studies are a spur to the young, a delight to the old: an ornament in prosperity, a consoling refuge in adversity; they are pleasure for us at home, and no burden abroad; they stay up with us at night, they accompany us when we travel, they are with us in our country visits.