"According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become richer through damages and ..." — Marcus Tullius Cicero

No obligation to do the impossible is binding.

Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something which you have blundered.

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

No poet or orator has ever existed who believed there was any better than himself.