I speak the truth, not my fill of it, but as much as I dare speak; and I dare to do so a little more as I grow old.

In plain truth, lying is an accursed vice. We are not men, nor have any other tie upon another, but by our word.

So it is with minds. Unless you keep them busy with some definite subject that will bridle and control them, they throw themselves in disorder hither and yon in the vague field of imagination... And there is no mad or idle fancy that they do not bring forth in the agitation.

True it is that she who escapeth safe and unpolluted from out the school of freedom, giveth more confidence of herself than she who comet sound out of the school of severity and restraint.

I, who am king of the matter I treat, and who owe an accounting for it to no one, do not for all that believe myself in all I write. I often hazard sallies of my mind which I mistrust.

Natural inclinations are assisted and reinforced by education, but they are hardly ever altered or overcome.

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