"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."

"The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star."

"Our life is frittered away by detail. An honest man has hardly need to count more than his ten fingers, or in extreme cases he may add his ten toes, and lump the rest. Simplicity, simplicity, simplici…"

"As if you could kill time without injuring eternity."

"If I devote myself to other pursuits and contemplations, I am surprised to find how soon I have forgotten them."