All men wish to have truth on their side; but few to be on the side of truth.

Everyone wishes to have truth on his side, but not everyone wishes to be on the side of truth.

It is folly to expect men to do all that they may reasonably be expected to do

The best security against revolution is in constant correction of abuses and the introduction of needed improvements. It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.

That is suitable to a man, in point of ornamental expense, not which he can afford to have, but which he can afford to lose.

In our judgment of human transactions, the law of optics is reversed; we see the most indistinctly the objects which are close around us.