“Nature never wears a mean appearance. Neither does the wisest man extort her secret, and lose his curiosity by finding out all her perfection.” MenMeanDoeScienceNatureLosesNaturalSecretFindingsPerfectionCuriosityAppearanceWisestWisest Man Book:Essays and Lectures Source: Essays and Lectures
“Men's minds are as variant as their faces. Where the motives of their actions are pure, the operation of the former is no more to be imputed to them as a crime, than the appearance of the latter; for both, being the work of nature, are alike unavoidable.” MenMindActionFacesCrimePureAppearanceFormerOperationsMotiveLatter Book:Maxims of Washington: Political, Social, Moral, and Religious Source: Maxims of Washington: Political, Social, Moral, and Religious