There is nothing so unthinkable as thought, unless it be the entire absence of thought.

Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him.

One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is beaten, and to leave off fighting at once.

In law, nothing is certain but the expense.

Priests are not men of the world; it is not intended that they should be; and a University training is the one best adapted to prevent their becoming so.

He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most. God will take care that we do not enjoy it any more than is good for us.

The advantage of doing one's praising for oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in the right places.