We oftener say things because we can say them well, than because they are sound and reasonable.
The writing of the wise are the only riches our posterity cannot squander.
Wrong is but falsehood put in practice.
Moroseness is the evening of turbulence.
We listen to those whom we know to be of the same opinion as ourselves, and we call them wise for being of it; but we avoid such as differ from us.
Ridicule has followed the vestiges of truth, but never usurped her place.