Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

He who has mingled in the fray of duty that the brave endure, must have made foes. If you have none, small is the work that you have done.

The king can drink the best of wine -So can I;And has enough when he would dine -So have I;And can not order rain or shine -Nor can I.Then where's the difference - let me see -Betwixt my lord the king and me?

An arrow may fly through the air and leave no trace; but an ill thought leaves a trail like a serpent.

If happy I and wretched he, Perhaps the king would change with me.

Of all the offspring of Time, Error is the most ancient, and is so old and familiar an acquaintance, that Truth, when discovered, comes upon most of us like an intruder, and meets the intruder's welcome.

The study of the errors into which great minds have fallen in the pursuit of truth can never be uninstructive. . . No man is so wise but that he may learn some wisdom from his past errors, either of thought or action, and no society has made such advances as to be capable of no improvement from the retrospect of its past folly and credulity.