7 Quotes by L. Estrange

One stumble is enough to deface the character of an honorable life.

Of all injustice, that is the greatest which goes under the name of law; and of all sorts of tyranny the forcing of the letter of the law against the equity, is the most insupportable

We make mistakes the gratuitous blessings of heaven for the fruits of our industry

It is not the place, not the condition, but the mind alone that can make anyone happy or miserable.

Tis better that a man's own works, than that another man's words should praise him

Some read books only with a view to find fault, while others read only to be taught; the former are like venomous spiders, extracting a poisonous quality, where the latter, like the bees, sip out a sweet and profitable juice

It may serve as a comfort to us, in all our calamities and afflictions, that he that loses anything and gets wisdom by it is a gainer by the loss