“Second-rate minds usually condemn everything beyond their grasp.”

“The defects of the mind arelike the wounds of the body. Whatever care we take to heal them the scars ever remain, and there is always danger of their reopening.”

“The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body. After all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind.”

“Imagination could never invent the number of different contradictions that exist innately in each person's heart.”

“It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.”

“No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.”

“One cannot answer for his courage when he has never been in danger.”