If faces were not alike, we could not distinguish men from beasts; if they were not different, we could not tell one man from another.

I have never observed other effects of whipping than to render boys more cowardly, or more willfully obstinate.

It is a sign of contraction of the mind when it is content, or of weariness. A spirited mind never stops within itself; it is always aspiring and going beyond its strength.

Whenever a new finding is reported to the world people say - It is probably not true. Later on, when the reliability of a new finding has been fully confirmed, people say - OK, it may be true but it has no real significance. At last, when even the significance of the finding is obvious to everybody, people say - Well, it might have some significance, but the idea is not new.

But the touch or company of any man whatsoever stirreth up their heat, which in their solitude was hushed and quiet, and lay as cinders raked up in ashes.

Thus we should beware of clinging to vulgar opinions, and judge things by reason's way, not by popular say.

It is only certain that there is nothing certain, and that nothing is more miserable or more proud than man.