To succeed in the other trades, capacity must be shown; in the law, concealment of it will do.
Prosperity is the best protector of principle.
By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity. Another man’s, I mean.
Few of us can stand prosperity. Another man’s, I mean.
There is an old time toast which is golden for its beauty. “When you ascend the hill of prosperity may you not meet a friend.”
Each person is born to one possession which outvalues all his others—his last breath.
Hunger is the handmaid of genius.
The old saw says, “Let a sleeping dog lie.” Right. Still, when there is much at stake it is better to get a newspaper to do it.
It takes your enemy and your friend, working together, to hurt you to the heart; the one to slander you and the other to get the news to you.
If the desire to kill and the opportunity to kill came always together, who would escape hanging?