There is no book so bad that it is not profitable in some part. -Nullus est liber tam malus ut non aliqua parte prosit

Perhaps you will ask whether I can raise these three millions without difficulty. Well, nearly all my capital is invested in land, but I have some money out at interest and I can borrow without any trouble.

Generosity, when once set going, knows not how to stop; as the more familiar we are with the lovely form, the more enamored we become of her charms.

Necessity, that excellent master, hath taught me many things.

Unfinished paintings are more admired than the finished because the artist's actual thoughts are left visible.

Glory ought to be the consequence, not the motive of our actions.

In the pleading of cases nothing pleases so much as brevity.