“To do just the opposite is also a form of imitation”

“What occasions the greater part of the world's quarrels? Simply this: Two minds meet and do not understand each other in time enough to prevent any shock of surprise at the conduct of either party”

“What difference does it make to you what someone else becomes, or says, or does? You do not need to answer for others, only for yourself.”

“He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides”

“New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common”

“Whether you think you can or think you can't, either way you are right”