To tell the truth is useful to those to whom it is spoken, but disadvantageous to those who tell it, because it makes them disliked.

It is man's natural sickness to believe that he possesses the truth.

Truth is not an object to be possessed; it is a living thing recognized, cultivated by the mind and heart.

The present is never our goal: the past and present are our means: the future alone is our goal. Thus, we never live but we hope to live; and always hoping to be happy, it is inevitable that we will never be so.

He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God's providence to lead him aright

One must know oneself. If this does not serve to discover truth, it at least serves as a rule of life, and there is nothing better.