The good judge is not he who does hair-splitting justice to every allegation, but who, aiming at substantial justice, rules something intelligible of the guidance of suitors.

If it costs ten years, and ten to recover the general prosperity, the destruction of the South is worth so much.

He that rides his hobby gently must always give way to him that rides his hobby hard.

The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.

A beautiful soul always dwells in a beautiful world.

By degrees we may come to know the primitive sense of the permanent objects of nature, so that the world shall be to us an open book, and every form significant of its hidden life and final cause.

The great will not condescend to take anything seriously.