"It is not the lie that passeth through the mind, but the lie that sinketh in, and settleth in it, that doth the hurt."

"For a man's private fortune it is good to have an eye to his own affairs; for a commonwealth, to have an eye to its neighbours."

"The world's a bubble, and the life of man less than a span."

"Judges ought to remember that their office is jus dicere, and not jus dare; to interpret law, and not to make law, or give law."

"For the mind of man is far more disposed to affirm than to deny."