Some people wave their dogmatic thinking until their own reason is entangled.

Rebellion must be managed with many swords; treason to his prince's person may be with one knife.

If the wind is against you then start sailing against it because the wind may never change in your favor.

We find it hard to believe that other people's thoughts are as silly as our own, but they probably are.

I 'll tickle your catastrophe. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act ii. Sc. 1.

To linger in the observation of things other than the self implies a profound conviction of their worth. - My Friends the Senses.

Contented wi' little, and cantie wi' mair.

Loud laughter is the mirth of the mob, who are only pleased with silly things; for true wit or good sense never excited a laugh since the creation of the world.

Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.

As cold as cucumbers.

Men lose their tempers in defending their taste.

Herostratus lives that burnt the temple of Diana; he is almost lost that built it.

Revolutions never occur in mathematics.

Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.

I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.

Gone--glimmering through the dream of things that were.

Abuse a man unjustly and you will make friends for him.

Painters and poets have equal license in regard to everything.

A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else.

His labor is a chant, His idleness a tune; Oh, for a bee's experience Of clovers and of noon!