Maxims Quotes

It is more trouble to make a maxim than it is to do right.

Men's maxims reveal their character.

Maxims are to the intellect what laws are to actions; they do not enlighten, but they guide and direct; and although themselves blind, are protective.  They are like the clue in the labyrinth, or the compass in the night.

Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.

A good maxim is too hard for the teeth of time and whole millennia cannot consume it, even though it serves to nourish every age.

What are the proper proportions of a maxim?  A minimum of sound to a maximum of sense.