With those who are really of like disposition with himself a man cannot long be at variance; he will always come to an agreement again. With those who are really of adverse disposition, he may in vain try to preserve harmony; he will always come to a separation again.
Opponents fancy they refute us when they repeat their own opinion and pay no attention to ours.
People who contradict and dispute should now and then remember that not every mode of speech is intelligible to every one.
Every man hears only what he understands.
I am quite prepared to find that many a reader will disagree with me; but when he has a thing before him in black and white, he must let it stand. Another reader may perhaps take up the very same copy and agree with me.