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Few maxims are true in every respect
Few maxims are true in every respect
A man of maxims only, is like a cyclops with one eye, and that in the back of his head.
A man of maxims only, is like a cyclops with one eye, and that in the back of his head.
When in reading we meet with any maxim that may be of use, we should take it for our own, read more
When in reading we meet with any maxim that may be of use, we should take it for our own, and make an immediate application of it, as we would of the advice of a friend whom we have purposely consulted
It is more trouble to make a maxim than it is to do right
It is more trouble to make a maxim than it is to do right
Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.
Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.
Maxims are like lawyers who must need to see but one side of the case.
Maxims are like lawyers who must need to see but one side of the case.
All maxims have their antagonist maxims; proverbs should be sold in pairs, a single one being but a half truth.
All maxims have their antagonist maxims; proverbs should be sold in pairs, a single one being but a half truth.
May you live your life as if the maxim of your actions were to become universal law.
May you live your life as if the maxim of your actions were to become universal law.
Anecdotes are sometimes the best vehicles of truth, and if striking and appropriate, are often more impressive and powerful than read more
Anecdotes are sometimes the best vehicles of truth, and if striking and appropriate, are often more impressive and powerful than argument
