A State Is Better Governed

If I Go For The Alternative Which Is False, Then Obviously I Shall Be In Error; If I Take The Other Side, Then It Is By... Chance That I Arrive At The Truth, And I Shall Still Be At Fault.... In This Incorrect Use Of Free Will May Be Found The Privation Which Constitutes The Essence Of Error.

... Moral Certainty Is Certainty Which Is Sufficient To Regulate Our Behaviour, Or Which Measures Up To The Certainty We Have On Matters Relating To The Conduct Of Life Which We Never Normally Doubt, Though We Know That It Is Possible, Absolutely Speaking, That They May Be False.

So Far, I Have Been A Spectator In This Theater Which Is The World, But I Am Now About To Mount The Stage, And I Come Forward Masked.

The Reading Of All Good Books Is Like A Conversation With The Finest Minds Of Past Centuries.

To Live Without Philosophizing Is In Truth The Same As Keeping The Eyes Closed Without Attempting To Open Them.