A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect.

Many a law, many a commandment have I broken, but my word never.

What a strange scene if the surge of conversation could suddenly ebb like the tide, and show us the real state of people's minds.

The rose is fairest when 't is budding new, And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears. The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew, And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.

Look at a gown of gold, and you will at least get a sleeve of it.

The man who is deserving the name is the one whose thoughts and exertions are for others rather than for himself.

Tears are the softening showers which cause the seed of heaven to spring up in the human heart.