While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it.

It is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will first attempt to imitate.

That which offends the ear will not easily gain admission to the mind.

A man who tries to surpass another may perhaps succeed in equaling inot actually surpassing him, but one who merely follows can never quite come up with him: a follower, necessarily, is always behind.

Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.

A religion without mystics is a philosophy.

Usage is the best language teacher.