Almost all the opinions we have are taken on authority and on credit.
There is no man so good, who, were he to submit all his thoughts and actions to the laws, would not deserve hanging ten times in his life.
It's not victory if it doesn't end the war.
Silence and modesty are very valuable qualities in conversation.
I had rather fashion my mind than furnish it.
No spiritual mind remains within itself; it is always aspiring and going beyond its own strength.