A man's fate is his own temper.
What we call public opinion is generally public sentiment.
Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.
My idea of an acceptable person is someone that is ready to accept my ideas.
Knowledge of mankind is a knowledge of their passions.
Nothing in life is more remarkable than the unnecessary anxiety which we endure, and generally create ourselves.