Human Foresight Often Leaves Its Proudest Possessor

None Of Us Are So Much Praised Or Censured As We Think.

When Millions Applaud You Seriously Ask Yourself What Harm You Have Done; And When They Disapprove You, What Good.

It Is Doubtful Whether Mankind Are Most Indebted To Those Who Like Bacon And Butler Dig The Gold From The Mine Of Literature, Or To Those Who, Like Paley, Purify It, Stamp It, Fix Its Real Value, And Give It Currency And Utility

Wit May Do Very Well For A Mistress, But [i] Should Prefer Reason For A Wife.

False Reasoners Are Often Best Confuted By Giving Them The Full Swing Of Their Own Absurdities.