No man ever distinguished himself who could not bear to be laughed at.
An orator is the worse person to tell a plain fact.
We are all apt to think that an opinion that differs from our own is a prejudice.
tyranny and injustice always produce cunning and falsehood.
How is it that hope so powerfully excites, and fear so absolutely depresses all our faculties?
The labor of thinking was so great to me, that having once come to a conclusion upon any subject, I would rather persist in it, right or wrong, than be at the trouble of going over the process again to revise and rectify my judgment.