You never know a line is crooked unless you have a straight one to put next to it.

If you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all.

All things in moderation, including moderation.

It is not the purpose of a juryman's office to give justice as a favor to whoever seems good to him, but to judge according to law, and this he has sworn to do.

It is a base thing for a man to wax old in careless self-neglect before he has lifted up his eyes and seen what manner of man he was made to be, in the full perfection of bodily strength and beauty. But these glories are withheld from him who is guilty of self-neglect, for they are not wont to blaze forth unbidden.

Though flattery blossoms like friendship, yet there is a vast difference in the fruit.

Understanding a question is half an answer.