I reckon being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill and is not obliged to work till one is better.

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.