My esoteric doctrine, is that if you entertain any doubt, it is safest to take the unpopular side in the first instance. Transit from the unpopular, is easy... but from the popular to the unpopular is so steep and rugged…

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It is not much matter which we say, but mind, we must all say the...

It is not much matter which we say, but mind, we must all say the...

It wounds a man less to confess that he has failed in any pursuit through...

It wounds a man less to confess that he has failed in any pursuit through...

A doctrinaire is a fool but an honest man.

A doctrinaire is a fool but an honest man.

I wish I was as cocksure of anything as Tom Macaulay is of everything.

I wish I was as cocksure of anything as Tom Macaulay is of everything.

That is no use at all. What I want is men who will support me...

That is no use at all. What I want is men who will support me...

Once is orthodox, twice is puritanical.

Once is orthodox, twice is puritanical.

Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.

Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.

Things are coming to a pretty pass when religion is allowed to invade private life.

Things are coming to a pretty pass when religion is allowed to invade private life.

Your friends praise your abilities to the skies, submit to you in argument, and seem...

Your friends praise your abilities to the skies, submit to you in argument, and seem...

Know when to tune out, if you listen to too much advice you may wind...

Know when to tune out, if you listen to too much advice you may wind...

When you need professional advice, get it from professionals, not from your friends.

When you need professional advice, get it from professionals, not from your friends.

Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice; Pull down your pants, and slide on the ice.

Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice; Pull down your pants, and slide on the ice.

The best advice is found on the pillow.

The best advice is found on the pillow.

To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it.

To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it.

We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.

We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.

Hazard not your wealth on a poor man's advice.

Hazard not your wealth on a poor man's advice.

He gets through too late who goes too fast

He gets through too late who goes too fast

Advice is like castor oil, easy enough to give but dreadful uneasy to take.

Advice is like castor oil, easy enough to give but dreadful uneasy to take.

A leader must have the courage to act against an expert's advice.

A leader must have the courage to act against an expert's advice.

Advice is worth what you pay for it

Advice is worth what you pay for it