"Law never made men a whit more just; and by means of their respect for it, even the well-disposed are daily made the agents of injustice."

"Dress a cow in a silk gown, and she still is a cow."

"The question is not what you look at, but what you see."

"The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. Yet we do not treat ourselves nor one another thus tenderly."

"I perceive that, when an old garment is taken off, the new is not yet put on."