The Real People Of Genius Were Resolute

Love Is Blind; Couch Not His Eyes.

It Is Not True That A Man Can Believe Or Disbelieve What He Will. But It Is Certain That An Active Desire To Find Any Proposition True Will Unconsciously Tend To That Result By Dismissing Importunate Suggestions Which Run Counter To The Belief, And Welcoming Those Which Favor It. The Psychological Law, That We Only See What Interests Us, And Only Assimilate What Is Adapted To Our Condition, Causes The Mind To Select Its Evidence.

To One Man A Stream Is So Much Water-power, To Another A Rendezvous For Lovers.

There Are Many Justifications Of Silence; There Can Be None Of Insincerity.

We Must Never Assume That Which Is Incapable Of Proof.