What a blessing it would be if we could open and shut our ears...as easily as we open and shut our eyes.

Men still have to be governed by deception.

I am convinced we do not only love ourselves in others but hate ourselves in others too.

Nothing reveals a man's character better than the kind of joke at which he takes offense.

A handful of soldiers is always better than a mouthful of arguments.

There is no greater impediment to progress in the sciences than the desire to see it take place too quickly.

Before we blame we should first see whether we cannot excuse.