A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner, but more durable alloy.

Logic is like the sword - those who appeal to it, shall perish by it.

The dons of Oxford and Cambridge are too busy educating the young men to be able to teach them anything.

Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.

The voice of the Lord is the voice of common sense, which is shared by all that is.

Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest she should catch a cold on overexposure.

From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of being always right.