There Is Nothing So Clear-sighted And Sensible

Imparting Knowledge Is Only Lighting Other Men's Candles At Our Lamp Without Depriving Ourselves Of Any Flame.

We All Know That A Lie Needs No Other Grounds, Than The Invention Of The Liar; And To Take For Granted As Truth, All That Is Alleged Against The Fame Of Others, Is A Species Of Credulity, That Men Would Blush At On Any Other Subject.

Bright Was The Summer Of 1296. The War Which Had Desolated Scotland Was Then At An End.

We Value The Devotedness Of Friendship Rather As An Oblation To Vanity Than As A Free Interchange Of Hearts; An Endearing Contract Of Sympathy, Mutual Forbearance, And Respect!

If Cowardice Were Not So Completely A Coward As To Be Unable To Look Steadily Upon The Effects Of Courage, He Would Find That There Is No Refuge So Sure As Dauntless Valor.