Philosophy is nothing but discretion.

Take a straw and throw it up into the air - you may see by that which way the wind is.

Marriage is a desperate thing.

Few men make themselves masters of the things they write or speak.

I think opinions should be judged by their influences and effects; and if a man holds none that tend to make him less virtuous or more vicious, it may be concl…

Like some magistrate grown gray in office, Calmly he contemplates alike the just And unjust, with indifference he notes Evil and good, and knows not wrath nor …

All theory is against the freedom of the will; all experience for it.