"Deliberate with caution, but act with decision; and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness."

"The greatest friend of Truth is time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion Humility."

"Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them."

"We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock of wine; but if we defer tasting them too long, we shall find that both are soured by age."

"Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer."

"If universal charity prevailed, Earth would be a heaven, and hell a fable."

"True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn"

"Judge men not by their opinions, but by what their opinions have made of them."

"To be feared is to fear: no one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind."

"The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone."

"Religion is far too important a thing for atheists to leave to the religious."

"I keep the subject of my inquiry constantly before me, and wait till the first dawning opens gradually, by little and little, into a full and clear light."