I know of no way of judging the future but by the past.

I know of no way of judging the future but by the past.

People are drastically overconfident about their judgments of others.

People are drastically overconfident about their judgments of others.

For I do not distinguish them by the eye, but by the mind, which
is the proper judge of read more

For I do not distinguish them by the eye, but by the mind, which
is the proper judge of the man.

'Tis with our judgments as our watches, none
Go just alike, yet each believes his own.

'Tis with our judgments as our watches, none
Go just alike, yet each believes his own.

Those who are compassionate when they should be tough will be tough when they should be compassionate.

Those who are compassionate when they should be tough will be tough when they should be compassionate.

Men as a whole judge more with their eyes than with their hands.

Men as a whole judge more with their eyes than with their hands.

Commonly we say a Judgment falls upon a
Man for something in him we cannot abide.

Commonly we say a Judgment falls upon a
Man for something in him we cannot abide.

What is there that you enter upon so favorably as not to repent
of the undertaking and the accomplishment read more

What is there that you enter upon so favorably as not to repent
of the undertaking and the accomplishment of your wish?
[Lat., Quid tam dextro pede concipis ut te conatus non poeniteat
votique peracti?]

We sometimes see a fool possessed of talent, but never of
judgment.
[Fr., On est quelquefois un sot read more

We sometimes see a fool possessed of talent, but never of
judgment.
[Fr., On est quelquefois un sot avec de l'esprit; mais on ne
l'est jamais avec du jugement.]