A good judge should never boast of his power, because he can do nothing but what he can do justly: he is not the master, but the minister of the law. Authority without virtue is a very dangerous state.

Our life must answer for our faith.

It costs more to revenge injuries than to bear them.

Friendship is to be purchased only by friendship. A man may have authority over others, but he can never have their hearts but by giving his own.

Intemperance in talk makes dreadful havoc in the heart.

I was an artistic dilettante for a while, in photography and collage and the visual arts.

There is a danger in being persuaded before one understands.