People Prefer To Believe What They Want

Much Bending Breaks The Bow; Much Unbending The Mind.

The Ill And Unfit Choice Of Words Wonderfully Obstructs The Understanding.

There Is Nothing Makes A Man Suspect Much, More Than To Know Little, And Therefore Men Should Remedy Suspicion By Procuring To Know More, And Not Keep Their Suspicions In Smother.

The Lame Man Who Keeps The Right Road Outstrips The Runner Who Takes The Wrong One.

The Syllogism Consists Of Propositions, Propositions Consist Of Words, Words Are Symbols Of Notions. Therefore If The Notions Themselves (which Is The Root Of The Matter) Are Confused And Over-hastily Abstracted From The Facts, There Can Be No Firmness In The Superstructure. Our Only Hope Therefore Lies In A True Induction.