Discovery and Sight

"They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea."

— Francis Bacon

Flattery and Balance

 "A person given to barefaced flattery, will usually balance the account with interest in your absence."

— Augustus William Hare

Truth Suffering Because of its Defenders

 "Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than from the arguments of its opposers."

— William Penn

Philosophy versus Evil

"Philosophy triumphs easily over past evils and future evils; but present evils triumph over it."

— Francois de la Rochefoucauld

Acquisition by Degrees

 "Let this be an example for the acquisition of all knowledge, virtue, and riches.  By the fall of drops of water, by degrees, a pot is filled."

— Hitopadesa

"Simplicity and Straightforwardness"

 "Elegance of language may not be in the power of all of us; but simplicity and straightforwardness are."

— Henry Alford