“Laws are generally found to be nets of such a texture, as the little creep through, the great break through, and the middle-sized are alone entangled in it.”
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His knowledge of books had in some degree diminished his knowledge of the world.
Anger is a great force. If you control it, it can be transmuted into a power which can move the whole world.
A liar begins with making falsehood appear like truth, and ends with making truth itself appear like falsehood.
Hope is a flatterer, but the most upright of all parasites for she frequents the poor man's hut, as well as the palace of his superior.