Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.

Economy is the parent of integrity, of liberty, and of ease, and the beauteous sister of temperance, of cheerfulness and health.

Oats. A grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people.

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion.

Resentment gratifies him who intended an injury, and pains him unjustly who did not intend it.

The desires of man increase with his acquisitions.

As to precedents, to be sure they will increase in course of time; but the more precedents there are, the less occasion is there for law; that is to say, the less occasion is there for investigating principles.