Great services are not canceled by one act or by one single error.
Nothing is so simple that it cannot be misunderstood.
The weak have one weapon - the errors of those who think they are strong.
Cowardice as distinguished from panic is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination.
The first duty of an historian is to be on his guard against his own sympathies.
Men are men they needs must err.
Most men would rather be charged with malice than with making a blunder.