There is no course of life so weak and sottish as that which is managed by order, method, and discipline.

He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.

Human wisdom makes as ill use of her talent when she exercises it in rescinding from the number and sweetness of those pleasures that are naturally our due, as she employs it favorably and well in artificially disguising and tricking out the ills of life to alleviate the sense of them.

Only the fools are certain and assured.

Travelling through the world produces a marvellous clarity in the judgment of men. We are all of us confined and enclosed within ourselves, and see no farther than the end of our nose.

Honesty is a question of right and wrong, not a matter of policy

Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.