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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.
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.
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
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.
Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.
Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.
Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory.
Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory.
They are like the clue in the labyrinth, or the compass in the night.
They are like the clue in the labyrinth, or the compass in the night.
It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.
It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.
Few maxims are true in every respect
Few maxims are true in every respect
