Ah! well a-day! what evil looks / Had I from old and young! / Instead of the cross, the Albatross / About my neck was hung.

The best part of human language, properly so called, is derived from reflection on the acts of the mind itself.

Nothing is as contagious as enthusiasm. It is the real allegory of the myth of Orpheus; it moves stones, and charms brutes. It is the genius of sincerity, and truth accomplishes no victories without it.

Veracity does not consist in saying, but in the intention of communicating the truth.

Until you understand a writer's ignorance, presume yourself ignorant of his understanding.

A Court has no right to strain the law because it causes hardship.

I have seen great intolerance shown in support of tolerance.