“Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no fibs.”

“The first time I read an excellent book, it is to me just as if I had gained a new friend. When I read a book over I have perused before, it resembles the meeting with an old one.”

“You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.”

“Don't let us make imaginary evils, when you know we have so many real ones to encounter.”

“law grinds the poor, rich men rule the law”

“Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse.”

“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”