Logic is a poor guide compared with custom.

We must beware of needless innovation, especially when guided by logic.

We must beware of needless innovations, especially when guided by logic.

The only guide to man is his conscience; the only shield to his memory is the rectitude and sincerity of his actions. It is very imprudent to walk through life without this shield, because we are so often mocked by the failure of our hopes and the upsetting of our calculations; but with this shield, however the fates may play, we march always in the ranks of honor.

I cannot pretend to be impartial about the colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones, and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns.

A medal glitters but it also casts a shadow