“The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom.”
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It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean.
The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.
One unerring mark of the love of truth is not entertaining any proposition with greater assurance than the proofs it is built upon will warrant.
All men are liable to error and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.
