“If reason is a universal faculty, the decision of the common mind is t...” — George Bancroft Quote

“If reason is a universal faculty, the decision of the common mind is the nearest criterion of truth.”

“Conscience is the mirror of our souls, which represents the errors of our lives in their full shape.”

“Avarice is the vice of declining years.”

“I think it's important that everybody has access to music, and not just people who live in cities or who can afford to drive to the nearest city.”

“When I started to write a tune, I just wrote the nearest at hand, which was what was happening in my own life.”

“But what do we know of the heart nearest to our own? What do we know of our own heart?”