To Give A Reason For Anything Is

Men Will Die For An Opinion As Soon As For Anything Else.

What Passes In The World For Talent Or Dexterity Or Enterprise Is Often Only A Want Of Moral Principle. We May Succeed Where Others Fail, Not From A Greater Share Of Invention, But From Not Being Nice In The Choice Of Expedients.

Danger Is A Good Teacher, And Makes Apt Scholars. So Are Disgrace, Defeat, Exposure To Immediate Scorn And Laughter. There Is No Opportunity In Such Cases For Self-delusion, No Idling Time Away, No Being Off Your Guard (or You Must Take The Consequences) - Neither Is There Any Room For Humour Or Caprice Or Prejudice.

Without The Aid Of Prejudice And Custom, I Should Not Be Able To Find My Way Across The Room.

There Is No Flattery So Adroit Or Effectual As That Of Implicit Assent.