I have ever held it as a maxim never to do that through another which it was impossible for me to execute myself

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, and make an immediate application of it, as we would of the advice of a friend whom we have purposely consulted

A new maxim is often a brilliant error.

Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.

If triangles had a god, they would give him three sides.