Who doesn't know that the first law of history is not to dare to say anything false, and the second is not to refrain from saying anything true?

He who has once deviated from the truth, usually commits perjury with as little scruple as he would tell a lie.

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

The judgment of posterity is truer, because it is free from envy and malevolence.

Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.

Ignorance of impending evil is far better than a knowledge of its approach.

Justice is the set and constant purpose which gives every man his due.