Work is the best of narcotics, providing the patient be strong enough to take it. I dread idleness as if it were Hell.
A tendency toward enthusiasm and a chivalrous instinct have more than once been weighed as evidence of a lack of judgment.
A trial is still an ordeal by battle. For the broadsword there is the weight of evidence; for the battle-ax the force of logic; for the sharp spear, the blazing gleam of truth; for the rapier, the quick and flashing knife of wit.
Trying a case a second time is like eating yesterday morning's oatmeal.
Entropy is Janus-faced. Its upside surprises are redemptive and favorable to freedom. It is freedom of choice. But the carrier itself requires constant vigilance against entropic noise. Order is not spontaneous, but it is a necessary condition for all the surprises of freedom and opportunity.
Criticizing to destroy is easy, thinking in order to build is much more difficult to achieve
True repentance also involves reform.
We sped on, across the plains, toward Metz. I hung back, saving myself. It is called the Race of Truth. The early stages separate the strong riders from the weak. Now the weak would be eliminated altogether.