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 He who dallies is a dastard,
 He who doubts is damned.  
 He who dallies is a dastard,
 He who doubts is damned. 
To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.
To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.
Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is -- it is her shadow.
Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is -- it is her shadow.
He who knows nothing, doubts nothing.
He who knows nothing, doubts nothing.
 I do not like 'but yet, it does allay
 The good precedence: fie upon 'but yet,'
  'But read more 
 I do not like 'but yet, it does allay
 The good precedence: fie upon 'but yet,'
  'But yet' is as a jailer to bring forth
   Some monstrous malefactor. 
Laugh at yourself, but don't ever aim your doubt at yourself. Be bold. When you embark for strange places, don't read more
Laugh at yourself, but don't ever aim your doubt at yourself. Be bold. When you embark for strange places, don't leave any of yourself safely on shore. Have the nerve to go into unexplored territory.
When in doubt, don't.
When in doubt, don't.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
 But now I am cabined, cribbed, confined, bound in
 To saucy doubts and fears.  
 But now I am cabined, cribbed, confined, bound in
 To saucy doubts and fears.