I Have Only One Counsel

Ordinarily Men Exercise Their Memory Much More Than Their Judgment.

Men Have Their Virtues And Their Vices, Their Heroisms And Their Perversities; Men Are Neither Wholly Good Nor Wholly Bad, But Possess And Practice All That There Is Of Good And Bad Here Below. Such Is The General Rule. Temperament, Education, The Accidents Of Life, Are Modifying Factors. Outside Of This, Everything Is Ordered Arrangement, Everything Is Chance. Such Has Been My Rule Of Expectation And It Has Usually Brought Me Success.

The Practice Of Law Sharpens The Mind By Making It Narrow.

Public Morals Are Natural Complement Of All Laws They Are By Themselves An Entire Code.

Chess Is Too Difficult To Be A Game And Not Serious Enough To Be A Science Or An Art.