The Irish sometimes make and keep a vow against whiskey; these vows are usually limited to a short time.

Remember, we can judge better by the conduct of people towards others than by their manner towards ourselves.

when driven to the necessity of explaining, I found that I did not myself understand what I meant.

When one illusion vanishes, another shall appear, and, still leading me forward towards an horizon that retreats as I advance, the happy prospect of futurity shall vanish only with my existence.

How is it that hope so powerfully excites, and fear so absolutely depresses all our faculties?

The labor of thinking was so great to me, that having once come to a conclusion upon any subject, I would rather persist in it, right or wrong, than be at the trouble of going over the process again to revise and rectify my judgment.

How success changes the opinion of men!