The masses procure their opinions ready made in open market.

There is this of good in real evils; they deliver us, while they last, from the petty despotism of all that were imaginary.

Afflictions sent by providence melt the constancy of the noble minded, but confirm the obduracy of the vile, as the same furnace that liquefies the gold, hardens the clay Charles Caleb Colton.

What would you do if you knew for sure that no one would ever find out?

He that dies a martyr proves that he was not a knave, but by no means that he was not a fool.

Accustom yourself to submit on all and every occasion, and on the most minute, no less than on the most important circumstances of life, to a small present evil, to obtain a greater distant good. This will give decision, tone, and energy to the mind, which, thus disciplined, will often reap victory from defeat and honor from repulse.

Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say.