We make allowance for necessity.

So it may well be believed that when I found him taking a complete holiday, with a vast supply of books at command, he had the air of indulging in a literary debauch, if the term may be applied to so honorable an occupation.

Leisure with dignity.

There are some duties we owe even to those who have wronged us. There is, after all, a limit to retribution and punishment.

I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.

Persistence in a single view has never been regarded as a merit in political leaders.

Borrowing from Peter to pay Paul.