Common sense (which, in truth, is very uncommon) is the best sense I know of: abide by it; it will counsel you best.

I am in the pitiable situation of feeling all the force of temptation without having the strength to succumb to it.

The possibility of remedying imprudent actions is commonly an inducement to commit them.

A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.

I am convinced that a light supper, a good night's sleep, and a fine morning, have sometimes made a hero of the same man, who, by an indigestion, a restless night, and rainy morning, would have proved a coward.

Learning is acquired by reading books; much more necessary learning, the knowledge of the world, is only to be acquired by reading men, and studying all the various editions of them.

A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income.