What we have in us of the image of God is the love of truth and justice.

Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master

Nothing is so easy as to deceive one's self; for what we wish, that we readily believe; but such expectations are often inconsistent with the real state of things.

The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.

Good fortune is the greatest of blessings, but good counsel comes next, and the lack of it destroys the other also.

The man who is in the highest state of prosperity, and who thinks his fortune is most secure, knows not if it will remain unchanged till the evening.

We believe whatever we want to believe.