It is a maxim of wise government to treat people not as they should be but as they actually are.

All professional men are handicapped by not being allowed to ignore things which are useless.

What you desire when young, you have in abundance when old.

A person is never happy till their vague strivings has itself marked out its proper limitations.

Toleration ought in reality to be merely a transitory mood. It must lead to recognition. To tolerate is to affront.

Errors belong to libraries; truth, to the human mind.

Water its living strength first shows, When obstacles its course oppose.