The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.

Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.

Faith consists in believing not what seems true, but what seems false to our understanding.

In this country we find it pays to shoot an admiral from time to time to encourage the others.

A witty saying proves nothing.

The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be contrary to it. Oppositions of colors contrast; but there are also colors contrary to each other, that is, which produce an ill effect because they shock the eye when brought very near it.

No one is ignorant that our character and turn of mind are intimately connected with the water-closet.