The best security against revolution is in constant correction of abuses and the introduction of needed improvements. It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.

Women never reason, or, if they do, they either draw correct inferences from wrong premises, or wrong inferences from correct premises; and they always poke the fire from the top.

Misgive that you may not mistake.

Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry gets the best of the argument.

The more secure we feel against our liability to any error to which, in fact, we are liable, the greater must be our danger of falling into it.

The power of duly appreciating little things belongs to a great mind.

Better too much form than too little.