Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.

Look before you leap for as you sow, ye are like to reap.

An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side of the case. God has written all the books.

The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.

To himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going to die, but he can never know that he is dead.

The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The Old Sailor.

The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously.