What Impresses Men Is Not Mind, But

Progress Would Not Have Been The Rarity It Is If The Early Food Had Not Been The Late Poison.

The Whole History Of Civilization Is Strewn With Creeds And Institutions Which Were Invaluable At First, And Deadly Afterwards

What We Opprobriously Call Stupidity, Though Not An Enlivening Quality In Common Society, Is Nature's Favorite Resource For Preserving Steadiness Of Conduct And Consistency Of Opinion.

The Reason Why So Few Good Books Are Written Is That So Few People Who Can Write Know Anything.

Life Is Not A Set Campaign, But An Irregular Work, And The Main Forces In It Are Not Overt Resolutions, But Latent And Half-involuntary Promptings.