Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.

The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of public opinion.

A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner, but more durable alloy.

A lawyer's dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each tried to recover it from all his forefathers.

Sensible people get the greater part of their own dying done during their own lifetime

Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete a character.

Men should not try to overstrain their goodness more than any other faculty, bodily or mental.