Ambition And Suspicion Always Go Together.

People Who Have Read A Good Deal Rarely Make Great Discoveries. I Do Not Say This In Excuse Of Laziness, But Because Invention Presupposes An Extensive Independent Contemplation Of Things.

Body And Soul: A Horse Harnessed Beside An Ox.

The American Who First Discovered Columbus Made A Bad Discovery.

A Man Has Virtues Enough If He Deserves Pardon For His Faults On Account Of Them.

A Book Is A Mirror: If An Ape Looks Into It An Apostle Is Hardly Likely To Look Out.