The broadest and most prevalent error requires the most disinterested virtue to sustain it.

Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use they commonly serve.

But government in which the majority rule in all cases can not be based on justice, even as far as men understand it.

Of what significance are the things you can forget.

The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.

The bad are frequently good enough to let you see how bad they are, but the good as frequently endeavor to get between you and themselves.