What is common sense? That which attracts the least opposition that which brings most agreeable and worthy results.
If your faith is opposed to experience, to human learning and investigation, it is not worth the breath used in giving it expression.
No man's credit is ever as good as his money.
Everyone hates a martyr; it's no wonder martyrs were burned at the stake.
The way to keep a cat is to try to chase it away.
The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep.