When the whole world is crazy, it doesn't pay to be sane.
The study of science teaches young men to think, while study of the classics teaches them to express thought.
However unwillingly a person who has a strong opinion may admit the possibility that his opinion may be false, he ought to be moved by the consideration that, however true it may be, if it is not fully, frequently, and fearlessly discussed, it will be held as a dead dogma, not a living truth.
The spirit of improvement is not always a spirit of liberty, for it may aim at forcing improvements on an unwilling people.
The principles which men profess on any controverted subject are usually a very incomplete exponent of the opinions they really hold.
There is an imaginary circle drawn around every human being, over which no government should be able to step.
All errors which a man is likely to commit against advice are far outweighed by the evil of allowing others to constrain him for his good.
No apology is equal to the task set before it.
[The] act of gratitude is nowadays is probably more often neglected than overdone.
Nobody knows what another person is thinking. They may imagine they do, but they are nearly always wrong.
It is a fight and struggle to just be yourself.