Men are not hanged for stealing horses, but that horses may not be stolen.
Misspending a man's time is a kind of self-homicide.
They who are of the opinion that money will do everything, may very well be suspected to do everything for money.
Malice is of a low stature, but it hath very long arms.
A man that should call every thing by its right Name, would hardly pass the Streets without being knock'd down as a common Enemy.
The best qualification of a prophet is to have a good memory.
Hope is generally a wrong guide, though it is good company along the way.
Some men's memory is like a box where a man should mingle his jewels with his old shoes.
A man who is a master of patience is master of everything else.
If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers in the first place.
Nothing has an uglier look to us than reason, when it is not on our side.
Education is what remains when we have forgotten all that we have been taught.
