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Most Men Think Indistinctly, And Therefore Cannot Speak With Exactness . . .

To Fix The Thoughts By Writing, And Subject Them To Frequent Examinations And Reviews, Is The Best Method Of Enabling The Mind To Detect Its Own Sophisms, And Keep It On Guard Against The Fallacies Which It Practices On Others

What Is Good Only Because It Pleases Cannot Be Pronounced Good Till It Has Been Found To Please.

The Noblest Prospect Which A Scotchman Ever Sees Is The High Road That Leads Him To England.

Suspicion Is Very Often A Useless Pain.