Nature is a gentle guide, but not more sweet and gentle than prudent and just.
Presumption is our natural and original malady. The most vulnerable and frail of all creatures is man, and at the same time the most arrogant.
Honesty is a question of right and wrong, not a matter of policy
He who does not live in some degree for others, hardly lives for himself.
A man must learn to endure patiently what he cannot avoid conveniently.
Nobody is exempt from saying stupid things, the harm is to do it presumptuously.