The habit of paying compliments kept a man's tongue oiled without any expense. The Old Curiosity Shop
There is no man so good, who, were he to submit all his thoughts and actions to the laws, would not deserve hanging ten times in his life. Essays
“And justice lies in appearance, at least in this world, at least in the eyes of the multitude.” Leo Africanus
Everywhere and at all times it is in thy power piously to acquiesce in thy present condition, and to behave justly to those who are about thee, and to exert thy skill upon thy present thoughts, that nothing shall steal into them without being well examined. Book VII
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