He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most. God will take care that we do not enjoy it any more than is good for us.

A lawyer's dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each tried to recover it from all his forefathers.

Look before you leap for as you sow, ye are like to reap.

The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of public opinion.

Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.

When you've told someone that you've left them a legacy the only decent thing to do is to die at once.