I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just.

The chief art of learning, as Locke has observed, is to attempt but little at a time. The widest excursions of the mind are made by short flights frequently repeated; the most lofty fabrics of science are formed by the continued accumulation of single propositions.

It is not uncommon to charge the difference between promise and performance, between profession and reality, upon deep design and studied deceit; but the truth is, that there is very little hypocrisy in the world.

When a man says he had pleasure with a woman he does not mean conversation.

In a Man's Letters you know, Madam, his soul lies naked, his letters are only the mirrour of his breast.

The perfect day for quitting is not real. It will never come, so might as well start today

To fix the thoughts by writing, and subject them to frequent examinations and reviews, is the best method of enabling the mind to detect its own sophisms, and keep it on guard against the fallacies which it practices on others