If there were no falsehood in the world, there would be no doubt, if there were no doubt, there would be no inquiry; if no inquiry, no wisdom, no knowledge, no genius; and Fancy herself would lie muffled up in her robe, inactive, pale, and bloated.

A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice.

That which moveth the heart most is the best poetry; it comes nearest unto God, the source of all power.

The heart that once has been bathed in love's pure fountain retains the pulse of youth forever.

Many laws as certainly make men bad, as bad men make many laws.

Experience is our only teacher both in war and peace.

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.