half the good intentions of my life have been frustrated by my unfortunate habit of putting things off till to-morrow.

There is no moment like the present. The man who will not execute his resolutions when they are fresh upon him can have no hope from them afterwards: they will be dissipated, lost, and perish in the hurry and scurry of the world, or sunk in the slough of indolence.

Bishop Wilkins prophesied that the time would come when gentlemen, when they were to go on a journey, would call for their wings as regularly as they call for their boots.

We are all apt to think that an opinion that differs from our own is a prejudice.

tyranny and injustice always produce cunning and falsehood.

Fortune's wheel never stands still the highest point is therefore the most perilous.

Books only spoil the originality of genius. Very well for those who can't think for themselves - But when one has made up one's opinions, there is no use in reading.