Tidiness is a virtue, symmetry is often a constituent of beauty.

There is scarcely anything more important in the government of men than the exact - I will ever say pedantic - observance of the regular forms by which the guilt or innocence of accused persons is determined.

The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.

If you're going through hell, keep going.

Whenever I feel the need to take some exercise I lie down until the feeling goes away.

We are happier in many ways when we are old than when we were young. The young sow wild oats. The old grow sage.

I do not resent criticism, even when for the sake of emphasis; it parts for the time with reality.