Few maxims are true in every respect

Few maxims are true in every respect

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

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.

A collection of anecdotes and maxims is the greatest of treasures for the man of the world, for he knows read more

A collection of anecdotes and maxims is the greatest of treasures for the man of the world, for he knows how to intersperse conversation with the former in fit places, and to recollect the latter on proper occasions

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

They are like the clue in the labyrinth, or the compass in the night.

They are like the clue in the labyrinth, or the compass in the night.

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.

A man of maxims only, is like a cyclops with one eye, and that in the back of his head.

A man of maxims only, is like a cyclops with one eye, and that in the back of his head.