The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.
The meanest, most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of a man, and then qualifies it with a “but”.
A multitude of words is no proof of a prudent mind.
What is done let us leave alone.
Too much liberty corrupts us all.
Their silence is sufficient praise.
I am my nearest neighbour.
There is one piece of advice, in a life of study, which I think no one will object to; and that is, every now and then to be completely idle – to do nothing at all.