“Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.”

“Nothing is so firmly believed as that which is least known.”

“To learn that we have said or done a foolish thing, that is nothing; we must learn that we are nothing but fools, a far broader and more important lesson.”

“The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere is to be nowhere.es”

“Excellent memories are often coupled with feeble judgments.”

“We only labor to stuff the memory, and leave the conscience and the understanding unfurnished and void.”

“When I express my opinions it is so as to reveal the measure of my sight not the measure of the thing.”