Sign

Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been

experience is the only prophecy of wise men

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it

There is no greater sign of a general decay of virtue in a nation, than a want of zeal in its inhabitants for the good of their country

Every thing possible to be believed is an image of truth

The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised

What most clearly characterizes true freedom and its true employment is its misemployment

One unerring mark of the love of truth is not entertaining any proposition with greater assurance than the proofs it is built upon will warrant

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves

The visible mark of extraordinary wisdom and power appear so plainly in all the works of creation