What am I to choose? "Choose what you please, as long as you choose." There you have a foolish answer, which seems to be the outcome, however, of all Dogmatism, which will not allow us to be ignorant of that which we are ignorant.

Those who give the first shock to a state are the first overwhelmed in its ruin; the fruits of public commotion are seldom enjoyed by him who was the first mover; he only beats the water for another's net.

It is the rule of rules, and the general law of all laws, that every person should observe those of the place where he is.

We find our energies are actually cramped when we are overanxious to succeed.

It is an absolute perfection... to get the very most out of one's individuality.

The judgment is an utensil proper for all subjects, and will have an oar in everything.

Oh senseless man, who cannot possibly make a worm or a flea and yet will create Gods by the dozen!