Men must be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown proposed as things forgot.

All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul.

Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost think that there were no fools in their days, but unluckily they themselves are left as an...

I find myself hoping a total end of all the unhappy divisions of mankind by party-spirit, which at best is but the madness of many for the gain of a few.

For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight, His can't be wrong whose life is in the right.

A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left.

Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.

Wit is the lowest form of humor.

Lo! The poor Indian, whose untutored mind sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind.

How happy is the blameless vestal's lot? The world forgetting, by the world forgot.

For Forms of Government let fools contest; whatever is best administered is best.

The most positive men are the most credulous.

And die of nothing but a rage to live.

Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.

Act well your part, there all the honour lies.

No one should be ashamed to admit they are wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that they are wiser today than they were yesterday.

A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like one who is too curious in observing the labor of bees, will often be stung for his curiosity. a

Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be

Teach me to feel another's woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.

Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.