Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed.
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.
A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.
I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education.
Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.
Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.