Men are like sheep, of which a flock is more easily driven than a single one.

It is quite possible, and not uncommon, to read most laboriously, even so as to get by heart the words of a book, without really studying it at all,--that is, without employing the thoughts on the subject.

He that is not open to conviction is not qualified for discussion.

It is one thing to wish to have truth on our side, and another to wish sincerely to be on the side of truth.

A man will never change his mind if he have no mind to change.

A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by giving them fortune.

To follow imperfect, uncertain, or corrupted traditions, in order to avoid erring in our own judgment, is but to exchange one danger for another.