This is our chief bane, that we live not according to the light
of reason, but after the fashion read more

This is our chief bane, that we live not according to the light
of reason, but after the fashion of others.
[Lat., Id nobis maxime nocet, quod non ad rationis lumen sed ad
similitudinem aliorum vivimus.]

Before you give up, think of the reason why you held on so long.

Before you give up, think of the reason why you held on so long.

Eloquence may set fire to reason.

Eloquence may set fire to reason.

Let reason govern desire.

Let reason govern desire.

A man always has two reasons for doing anything--a good reason and the real reason.

A man always has two reasons for doing anything--a good reason and the real reason.

To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it.

To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it.

A noble heart will always capitulate to reason.

A noble heart will always capitulate to reason.

For comic writers charge Socrates with making the worse appear
the better reason.
[Lat., Nam et Socrati objiciunt read more

For comic writers charge Socrates with making the worse appear
the better reason.
[Lat., Nam et Socrati objiciunt comici, docere eum quomodo
pejorem causam meliorem faciat.]

Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.

Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.