Error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to admit it.

Error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to admit it.

An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in the long run.

An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in the long run.

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.]

He who will not reason, is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and
he who dares not, read more

He who will not reason, is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and
he who dares not, is a slave.

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.

If we would guide by the light of reason we must let our minds be bold.

If we would guide by the light of reason we must let our minds be bold.

All is but a jest, all dust, all not worth two peason:
For why in man's matters is neither read more

All is but a jest, all dust, all not worth two peason:
For why in man's matters is neither rime nor reason.
[Lat., Omnia sunt risus, sunt pulvis, et omnia nil sunt:
Res hominum cunctae, nam ratione lies.]

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.