It is a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave.

Be a philosopher; but, amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.

It is a maxim with me that no man was ever written out of reputation but by himself

I have always laid it down as a maxim /and found it justified by experience /that a man and a woman make far better friendships than can exist between two of the same sex /but then with the condition that they never have made or are to make love to each other.

Be a philosopher but, amid all your philosophy be still a man.