“Law and equity are two things which God has joined, but which man has put asunder.”
“Pity is a thing often vowed, seldom felt; hatred is a thing often felt, seldom avowed.”
“True friendship is like sound health, the value of it is seldom known until it be lost.”
“Grant graciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannot conquer.”
“We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear.”
“We own almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who have differed.”
“There are some frauds so well conducted that it would be stupidity not to be deceived by them.”
“Honor is unstable and seldom the same; for she feeds upon opinion, and is as fickle as her food.”
“Money is the most envied, but the least enjoyed. Health is the most enjoyed, but the least envied.”
“To sentence a man of true genius, to the drudgery of a school is to put a racehorse on a treadmill.”
“The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides us from ourselves.”
“There are three modes of bearing the ills of life, by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.”
“He that will believe only what he can fully comprehend must have a long head or a very short creed.”
“Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom.”
“Deliberate with caution, but act with decision; and yield with graciousness or oppose with firmness.”
“Constant success shows us but one side of the world; adversity brings out the reverse of the picture.”
“There is this paradox in pride -- it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from becoming so.”
“Were we as eloquent as angels we still would please people much more by listening rather than talking.”
“It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies; seldom safe to venture to instruct, even our friends.”
“Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say.”
“Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance.”
“Many speak the truth when they say that they despise riches, but they mean the riches possessed by other men.”
“The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility.”
“If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; if you would know, and not be known, live in a city.”
“The excess of our youth are checks written against our age and they are payable with interest thirty years later.”
“When millions applaud you seriously ask yourself what harm you have done; and when they disapprove you, what good.”
“Of all the marvelous works of God, perhaps the one angels view with the most supreme astonishment, is a proud man.”
“Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than the person.”
“The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace, and the brightest thunderbolt is elicited from the darkest storm.”
“Our income are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and trip.”