To reason, to argue. It is to walk with crutches in search of the truth. We come to it with a leap.
The Bible is to religion what the Iliad is to poetry
To see the world is to judge the judges.
There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the world.
Lenity is a part of justice; but she must not speak too loud for fear of waking justice.
I love prudence very little, if it is not moral.