Not to know what has been transacted in former times is to continue always a child.

There is nothing more shocking than to see assertion and approval dashing ahead of cognition and perception.

Our minds possess by nature an insatiable desire to know the truth.

Man's life is ruled by fortune, not by wisdom.

Oh, how great is the power of truth! which of its own power can easily defend itself against all the ingenuity and cunning and wisdom of men, and against the treacherous plots of all the world.

If a man cannot feel the power of God when he looks upon the stars, then I doubt whether he is capable of any feeling at all.

Wisdom often exists under a shabby coat.