It may be no less dangerous to claim, on certain occasions, too little than too much. There is something captivating in spirit and intrepidity, to which we often yield as to a resistless power; nor can we often yield as to a resistless power; nor can he reasonably expect the confidence of others who too apparently distrusts himself.

The king who makes war on his enemies tenderly distresses his subjects most cruelly.

I know not any crime so great that a man could contrive to commit as poisoning the sources of eternal truth.

Beauty, without kindness, dies unenjoyed and undelighting.

A lawyer has no business with the justice or injustice of the cause which he undertakes, unless his client asks his opinion, and then he is bound to give it honestly. The justice or injustice of the cause is to be decided by the judge.

Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed.

Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing.