Man is certainly crazy. He could not make a mite, and he makes gods by the dozen.

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

There is no passion so contagious as that of fear.

Learning is not to be tacked to the mind, but we must fuse and blend them together, not merely giving the mind a slight tincture, but a thorough and perfect dye. And if we perceive no evident change and improvement, it would be better to leave it alone; learning is a dangerous weapon, and apt to wound its master if it be wielded by a feeble hand, and by one not well acquainted with its use.

Necessity reconciles and brings men together; and this accidental connection afterward forms itself into laws.

For among other things he had been counseled to bring me to love knowledge and duty by my own choice, without forcing my will, and to educate my soul entirely through gentleness and freedom.

Almost all the opinions we have are taken on authority and on credit.