In fact the whole passion ordinarily termed love (and heaven help me if I can think of any other term to apply to it) is of such exceeding triviality that I see nothing that I think comparable with it.
Justice is the set and constant purpose which gives every man his due.
To remain ignorant of history is to remain forever a child
Never can custom conquer nature, for she is ever unconquered.
Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.
As the scale of the balance must give way to the weight that presses it down, so the mind must of necessity yield to demonstration.