The affections are the children of ignorance; when the horizon of our experience expands, and models multiply, love and admiration imperceptibly vanish.

Sir, I shall not defeat you - I shall transcend you.

A precedent embalms a principle.

Doubt is an element of criticism, and the tendency of criticism is necessarily skeptical.

The tendency of an advanced civilization is in truth monarchy.

The more you are talked about the less powerful you are.

To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.