A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were given for such cause, and death ensued, the jury would be judges both of the facts and of the pun, and might, if the latter…

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Stillness of person and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding.

Stillness of person and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding.

A new untruth is better than an old truth.

A new untruth is better than an old truth.

Knowledge like timber shouldn't be mush use till they are seasoned.

Knowledge like timber shouldn't be mush use till they are seasoned.

To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it....

To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it....

Beauty is only skin deep... but dont tell an ugly person that

Beauty is only skin deep... but dont tell an ugly person that

Beware how you take away hope from another human being.

Beware how you take away hope from another human being.

If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than...

If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than...

Controversy equalizes fools and wise men - and the fools know it.

Controversy equalizes fools and wise men - and the fools know it.

A great calamity is as old as the trilobites an hour after it has happened.

A great calamity is as old as the trilobites an hour after it has happened.

The Amen of nature is always a flower.

The Amen of nature is always a flower.

He has half the deed done who has made a beginning.

He has half the deed done who has made a beginning.

How many people live on the reputation of the reputation they might have made!

How many people live on the reputation of the reputation they might have made!

Age, like distance, lends a double charm.

Age, like distance, lends a double charm.

Memories, imagination, old sentiments, and associations are more readily reached through the sense of smell...

Memories, imagination, old sentiments, and associations are more readily reached through the sense of smell...

Old age is fifteen years older than I am.

Old age is fifteen years older than I am.

The longing for certainty... is in every human mind. But certainty is generally illusion.

The longing for certainty... is in every human mind. But certainty is generally illusion.

Every idea is an incitement... Eloquence may set fire to reason.

Every idea is an incitement... Eloquence may set fire to reason.

Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays the pleasing game of interchanging praise.

Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays the pleasing game of interchanging praise.

A friend hears the song in my heart and sings it to me when my...

A friend hears the song in my heart and sings it to me when my...

If you want to be free, there is but one way; it is to guarantee...

If you want to be free, there is but one way; it is to guarantee...