Pain was not given thee merely to be miserable under; learn from it, turn it to account.

All evil is like a nightmare; the instant you stir under it, the evil is gone.

In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom; we have to say, Like People like Government.

If those gentlemen would let me alone I should be much obliged to them. I would say, as Shakespeare would say... Sweet Friend, for Jesus sake forbear.

The thing is not only to avoid error, but to attain immense masses of truth.

The condition of the most passionate enthusiast is to be preferred over the individual who, because of the fear of making a mistake, won't in the end affirm or deny anything

Perfect ignorance is quiet, perfect knowledge is quiet; not so the transition from the former to the latter.