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

Few maxims are true in every respect

Few maxims are true in every respect

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

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.

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

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.

Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.

Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.

It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.

It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.