Remember, when incited to slander, that it is only he among you who is without sin that may cast the first stone.

Doubt is the incentive to truth and inquiry leads the way.

There is one court whose findings are incontrovertible, and whose sessions are held in the chambers of our own breast.

Honest and courageous people have very little to say about either their courage or their honesty. The sun has no need to boast of his brightness, nor the moon of her effulgence.

It is better to be the builder of our own name than to be indebted by descent for the proudest gifts known to the books of heraldry.

All our possessions are as nothing compared to health, strength, and a clear conscience.

Error is always more busy than truth.