For it would have been better that man should have been born dumb, nay, void of all reason, rather than that he should employ the gifts of Providence to the destruction of his neighbor.

For it would have been better that man should have been born dumb, nay, void of all reason, rather than that he should employ the gifts of Providence to the destruction of his neighbor. [Lat., Mutos enim nasci, et egere omni ratione satius fuisset, quam providentiae munera in mutuam perniciem convertere.]

I would rather trust a woman's instinct than a man's reason.

We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.

It is fitting that a liar should be a man of good memory.

It is better that a guilty man should not be brought to trial than that he should be acquitted.