Justice and truth are two such subtle points, that our tools are too blunt to touch them accurately.
Vanity is but the surface.
To go beyond the bounds of moderation is to outrage humanity.
Man is so made that by continually telling him he is a fool he believes it, and by continually telling it to himself he makes himself believe it. For man holds an inward talk with himself, which it pays him to regulate.
The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.
People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive.