The great art in writing advertisements is the finding out a proper method to catch the reader’s eye; without which a good thing may pass over unobserved, or be lost among commissions of bankrupt.
Joseph Addison, The Tatler (1711-1714), No. 224.
Can liberty be born from the bosom of despots? and shall justice be rendered by the hands of piracy and avarice?
Constantin-François de Chassebœuf (1757–1820), Comte de Volney, The Ruins; Or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires: And The Law of Nature, Chapter II (Thomas Jefferson, translator).
The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true.
The character “Coth of the Rocks,” in James Branch Cabell, The Silver Stallion: A Comedy of Redemption (1926).
Justice discards party, friendship, kindred, and is therefore always represented as blind.
Joseph Addison, The Guardian (1713), no. 99.
While it is well enough to leave footprints on the sands of time, it is even more important to make sure they point in a commendable direction.
James Branch Cabell, Beyond Life (1919).
Every cause produces more than one effect.