Crime requires further crime to conceal it.

He who comes to a conclusion when the other side is unheard, may have been just in his conclusion, but yet has not been just in his conduct.

The primary sign of a well-ordered mind is a man's ability to remain in one place and linger in his own company

What you think is the summit is only a step up

Everything may happen.

All I desire is, that my poverty may not be a burden to myself, or make me so to others; and that is the best state of fortune that is neither directly necessitous nor far from it. A mediocrity of fortune, with gentleness of mind, will preserve us from fear or envy; which is a desirable condition; for no man wants power to do mischief.

Whenever you hold a fellow creature in distress, remember that he is a man.