Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
He that embarks on the voyage of life will always wish to advance rather by the impulse of the wind than the strokes of the oar; and many fold in their passage; while they lie waiting for the gale.
No member of society has the right to teach any doctrine contrary to what society holds to be true.
When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade.
Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly charged with evil who refused to learn how he might prevent it.
Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test.
No people can be great who have ceased to be virtuous.
Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none and the best cannot be expected to go quite true.
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
All intellectual improvement arises from leisure.
Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land.
Politics are now nothing more than means of rising in the world. With this sole view do men engage in politics, and their whole conduct proceeds upon it.
Pain is less subject than pleasure to careless expression.
When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.
Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content.