Commonly they must use their feet for defense whose only weapon is their tongue.
How violently do rumors blow the sails of popular judgments! How few there be that can discern between truth and truth-likeness, between shows and substance!
Contentions for trifles can get but a trifling victory.
The best legacy I can leave my children is free speech, and the example of using it.
A noble cause doth ease much a grievous case.
A dull head thinks of no better way to show himself wise, than by suspecting everything in his way.