A foreign war is a lot milder than a civil war.

But as Nature is the best guide, teaching must be the development of natural inclinations, for which purpose the teacher must watch his pupil and listen to him, not continually bawl words into his ears as if pouring water into a funnel. Good teaching will come from a mind well made rather than well filled.

How many condemnations I have witnessed more criminal than the crime!

Difficulty is a coin the learned make use of like jugglers, to conceal the inanity of their art.

It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.

The only thing certain is nothing is certain.

Men ... are not agreed about any one thing, not even that heaven is over our heads.