A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.

Quote by Horace

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Fidelity is the sister of justice.

Fidelity is the sister of justice.

Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.

Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.

Choose a subject equal to your abilities; think carefully what your shoulders may refuse, and...

Choose a subject equal to your abilities; think carefully what your shoulders may refuse, and...

When things are steep, remember to stay level-headed.

When things are steep, remember to stay level-headed.

Mistakes are their own instructors

Mistakes are their own instructors

Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow.

Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow.

Life is largely a matter of expectation.

Life is largely a matter of expectation.

Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate,...

Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate,...

The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter...

The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter...

Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of...

Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of...

We are just statistics, born to consume resources.

We are just statistics, born to consume resources.

One wanders to the left, another to the right. Both are equally in error, but,...

One wanders to the left, another to the right. Both are equally in error, but,...

Whatever your advice, make it brief

Whatever your advice, make it brief

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.

No poems can please for long or live that are written by water drinkers.

No poems can please for long or live that are written by water drinkers.

He is armed without who is innocent within, be this thy screen, and this thy...

He is armed without who is innocent within, be this thy screen, and this thy...

The covetous man is ever in want.

The covetous man is ever in want.

It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born, as long as...

It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born, as long as...

A host is like a general: calamities often reveal his genius.

A host is like a general: calamities often reveal his genius.

What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what...

What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what...