There are in every age new errors to be rectified and new prejudices to be opposed.

No money is better spent than what is laid out for domestic satisfaction.

He that never thinks can never be wise.

Ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy, and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope; who expect that age will perform the promises of youth, and that the deficiencies of the present day will be supplied by the morrow, - attend to the history of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia.

A soldier's time is passed in distress and danger, or in idleness and corruption.

We may take Fancy for a companion, but must follow Reason as our guide.

Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.