The herd of mankind can hardly be said to think; their notions are almost all adoptive; and, in general, I believe it is better that it should be so; as such common prejudices contribute more to order and quiet, than their own separate reasonings would do, uncultivated and unimproved as they are.

Men will not believe because they will not broaden their minds.

Wear your knowledge like your watch - in you pocket - and don't pull it out just for show.

The only solid and lasting peace between a man and his wife is, doubtless, a separation.

Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable.

Six, or at most seven, hours' sleep is, for a constancy, as much as you or anybody else can want; more is only laziness and dozing, and is, I am persuaded, both unwholesome and stupefying.

The value of moments, when cast up, is immense, if well employed; if thrown away, their loss is irrecoverable.