Do not suppose opportunity will knock twice at your door.

In the library of the world men have hitherto been ranged according to the form, and the binding; the time is coming when they will take rank and order according to their contents and intrinsic merits.

Conviction is the conscience of intellect.

It is among uneducated women that we may look for the most confirmed gossips. Goethe tells us there is nothing more frightful than bustling ignorance.

Public opinion reigns in society because stupidity reigns amongst the stupid.

It's a question of prudence. Nobody has a high opinion of fishwives but who would dare offend them while walking through the fish market.

Man may aspire to virtue, but he cannot reasonably aspire to truth.