Age, per se, may claim tenderness and pity, but not respect; that only comes when the years have brought humanity and wisdom and the experience that worketh hope.

There is a bond, it appears, between mother and child which endures as long as they do. It is independent of love; reason cannot weaken it; hate cannot destroy it.

moral vanity is the snare of good people.

It is useless to deny that, unless one has a genius for imparting knowledge, teaching is a drudgery.

I have heard that a man might be his own lawyer, but you can't be your own judge.

If you are kind to an enemy, you cannot hate him.

When two duties jostle each other, one of 'em isn't a duty.