there is no reasoning with imagination.

every man who takes a part in politics, especially in times when parties run high, must expect to be abused; they must bear it; and their friends must learn to bear it for them.

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.

Habit is, to weak minds, a species of moral predestination, from which they have no power to escape.

Let the sexes mutually forgive each other their follies; or, what is much better, let them combine their talents for their general advantage.

I've a great fancy to see my own funeral afore I die.

Some people talk of morality, and some of religion, but give me a little snug property.