The superfluous is the most necessary.
It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
Weakness on both sides is, as we know, the motto of all quarrels.
Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.
To enjoy life we must touch much of it lightly.
If there were only one religion in England there would be danger of despotism, if there were two, they would cut each other's throats, but there are thirty, and they live in peace and happiness.