A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
The thing in the world I am most afraid of is fear, and with good reason; that passion alone, in the trouble of it, exceeding all other accidents
Other people do not see you at all, but guess at you by uncertain conjectures.
Men are most apt to believe what they least understand.
What kind of truth is this which is true on one side of a mountain and false on the other?
While our pulse beats and we feel emotion, let us put off the business. Things will truly seem different to us when we have quieted and cooled down. It is passion that is in command at first, it is passion that speaks, it is not we ourselves.