Attention to a subject depends upon our interest in it.

Mystery is but another name for ignorance; if we were omniscient, all would be perfectly plain!

The secret of a good memory is attention, and attention to a subject depends upon our interest in it. We rarely forget that which has made a deep impression on our minds.

Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another - too often ending in the loss of both.

Prejudices are rarely overcome by argument; not being founded in reason they cannot be destroyed by logic.

Credulity is belief in slight evidence, with no evidence, or against evidence.

Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both.