I will follow the good side right to the fire, but not into it if I can help it.

There were never in the world two opinions alike, any more than two hairs or two grains. Their most universal quality is diversity.

I speak the truth, not my fill of it, but as much as I dare speak; and I dare to do so a little more as I grow old.

Saying is one thing and doing is another.

It is better to be high-spirited even though one makes more mistakes, than to be narrow-minded and all to prudent.

In order to achieve anything, you must be brave enough to fail.

A desperate disease requires a dangerous remedy.