Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.

Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.

If you want people to think well of you, do not speak well of yourself.

If you want people to think well of you, do not speak well of yourself.

But in every matter the consensus of opinion among all nations is
to be regarded as the law of read more

But in every matter the consensus of opinion among all nations is
to be regarded as the law of nature.
[Lat., Omni autem in re consensio omnium gentium lex naturae
putanda est.]

Do not chose to be wrong for the sake of being different.

Do not chose to be wrong for the sake of being different.

Public opinion is a weak tyrant, compared with our private opinion--what a man thinks of himself, that is which determines, read more

Public opinion is a weak tyrant, compared with our private opinion--what a man thinks of himself, that is which determines, or rather indicates his fate.

Dogmation is puppyism come to its full growth.

Dogmation is puppyism come to its full growth.

One should respect public opinion in so far as it is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, read more

One should respect public opinion in so far as it is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.

When I want your opinion I'll give it to you.

When I want your opinion I'll give it to you.

He that never changes his opinions, never corrects his mistakes, and will never be wiser on the morrow than he read more

He that never changes his opinions, never corrects his mistakes, and will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today.