“You can lead a horticulture, but you can’t make her think.”
“Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.”
“An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.”
“Character is simply habit long continued.”
“To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.”
“The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.”
“What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly.”
“We have it in our power to begin the world over again.”
“The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.”
“These are the times that try men's souls.”
“Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell.”
“If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, the tolerant will be destroyed and tolerance with them.”
“Our knowledge can only be finite, while our ignorance must necessarily be infinite.”
“I may be wrong and you may be right, and by an effort, we may get nearer to the truth.”
“An honest man's the noblest work of God.”
“What Reason weaves, by Passion is undone.”
“Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.”
“Act well your part; there all the honour lies.”
“Hope springs eternal in the human breast.”
“Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.”