Never make a defense or an apology until you are accused.
Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong?
But be, as you have been, my happiness...
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.
Doubt 'til thou canst doubt no more...doubt is thought and thought is life. Systems which end doubt are devices for drugging thought.
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
You can't have a light without a dark to stick it in.