Reason Deceives Us More Often

There Is Nothing That Fear And Hope Does Not Permit Men To Do.

All That Causes One Man To Differ From Another Is A Very Slight Thing. What Is It That Is The Origin Of Beauty Or Ugliness, Health Or Weakness, Ability Or Stupidity? A Slight Difference In The Organs, A Little More Or A Little Less Bile. Yet This More Or Less Is Of Infinite Importance To Men; And When They Think Otherwise They Are Mistaken.

We Are So Presumptuous That We Think We Can Separate Our Personal Interest From That Of Humanity, And Slander Mankind Without Compromising Ourselves.

When We Are Convinced Of Some Great Truths, And Feel Our Convictions Keenly, We Must Not Fear To Express It, Although Others Have Said It Before Us. Every Thought Is New When An Author Expresses It In A Manner Peculiar To Himself.

It Is Easy To Criticize An Author, But Difficult To Appreciate Him.