You cannot have a thing "matter" by itself which shall have no motion in it, nor yet a thing "motion" by itself which shall exist apart from matter; you must have both or neither. You can have matter moving much, or little, and in all conceivable ways; but you cannot have matter without any motion more than you can have motion without any matter that is moving.

History is a bucket of ashes.

Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.

The course of true anything never does run smooth.

How often do we not see children ruined through the virtues, real or supposed, of their parents?

Friends are like money, easier made than kept.

Justice is my being allowed to do whatever I like. Injustice is whatever prevents my doing so.