Thought and Reason
Lies are sufficient to breed opinion, and opinion brings on substance.3.6 · 53 votes · 165 reads
Virtues
Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study.5.0 · 8 votes · 197 reads
Defects
None of the affections have been noted to fascinate and bewitch but envy.4.3 · 53 votes · 123 reads
Government and Politics
Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimely interchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.4.5 · 8 votes · 78 reads
Nature
Our humanity is a poor thing, except for the divinity that stirs within us.4.6 · 13 votes · 175 reads
Thought and Reason
Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.4.5 · 24 votes · 167 reads
Art and Culture
Pictures and shapes are but secondary objects and please or displease only in the memory.4.1 · 62 votes · 149 reads
Society
Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New.3.2 · 23 votes · 175 reads
Society
Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God.3.5 · 53 votes · 109 reads
Art and Culture
Some books are to be tasted; others to be swallowed; and some few to be chewed and digested.3.6 · 19 votes · 138 reads
Art and Culture
Studies perfect nature and are perfected still by experience.4.4 · 9 votes · 171 reads
Thought and Reason
Suspicion amongst thoughts are like bats amongst birds, they never fly by twilight.4.6 · 6 votes · 101 reads
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