Faults of the head are punished in this world, those of the heart in another; but as most of our vices are compound, so also is their punishment.

We own almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who have differed.

The drafts which true genius draws upon posterity, although they may not always be honored so soon as they are due, are sure to be paid with compound interest in the end.

The whole family of pride and ignorance are incestuous, and mutually beget each other

He that swells in prosperity will be sure to shrink in adversity.

Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom.

Some authors write nonsense in a clear style, and others sense in an obscure one; some can reason without being able to persuade, others can persuade without being able to reason; some dive so deep that they descend into darkness, and others soar so high that they give us no light; and some, in a vain attempt to be cutting and dry, give us only that which is cut and dried. We should labor, therefore, to treat with ease of things that are difficult; with familiarity, of things that are novel; and with perspicuity, of things that are profound.